sunlit

[suhn-lit]

adjective

1. lighted by the sun.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunlit¹

First recorded in 1815–25; sun + lit ¹

Example Sentences

Bilal, a nurse, was back at the mass grave site, glancing around at the sunlit landscape, reliving his darkest night.

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These single-celled algae, which contain chlorophyll, float in the sunlit layers of the sea and are coated with calcium carbonate plates known as coccoliths.

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Butter lettuce is the soft one, silky and a little floral, with a quiet nuttiness near the center that sneaks up on you like a secret whispered in a sunlit kitchen.

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It’s all sunlit, noisy, and full of life.

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Chernow writes that “if Tom Sawyer offered a sunlit view of antebellum Hannibal, in ‘Huck Finn’ Twain delved into the shadows.

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