sunlit
sunlit
Definition
sun·lit (-lit′)
adjective
lighted by the sun
sunlit
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- upland: I think I may claim a small part in his arrival on the sunlit uplands of wider public recognition.
- patch: Occasionally we stop to look back south and west, where dramatic cloudscapes consist of equal parts sunlit patches and ghostly gray showers.
- morning: One look at Filey's Crescent and you will feel uplifted, especially on a sunlit morning with the ornamental gardens in the foreground.
- water: As the five battleships steamed up slowly over the blue sunlit waters the flagship signaled to the Potemkin.
- room: A gigantic chest in the middle of a sunlit room.
- side: As days go by, the proportion of the Moon's sunlit side that is visible from Earth changes.
Modifying Another Word
- still: The purple glow is probably a combination of red-orange light transmitted through the lower atmosphere and scattered blue light from still sunlit stratospheric dust.
