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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.

Browse dictionary entries near sunlit

  1. sunlight
  2. sunless
  3. sunlamp
  4. sunken
  5. sunk costs
  6. sunk
  7. sunglow
  8. sunglass
  9. Sungari
  10. sung
  1. sunn
  2. sunn hemp
  3. Sunna
  4. Sunnah
  5. sunned
  6. Sunni
  7. sunnier
  8. sunniest
  9. sunnily
  10. sunniness