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Antonyms for starry


Grammar : Adj
Spell : stahr-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɑr i



Definition of starry

Origin :
  • late 14c., from star + -y (2). Starry-eyed "unrealistically optimistic" is attested from 1884; earlier descriptive of bright eyes. Related: Starrily; starriness.
  • adj pertaining to stars
Example sentences :
  • Overhead is the starry sky, bathed in the pale radiance of the moon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • He smiled at her; and for a moment he mused again over that starry light in her eyes.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • When I reached the manse, it stood alone in the starry blue night.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • It was pleasant there; the air came fresh from the starry sky.
  • Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola
  • And he was very great and she was very fair, and there radiated from both a starry radiance.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Or rather, perhaps, 'the starry heaven above and mind prior to the world.'
  • Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
  • Often on starry nights he would be a watcher of the heavens.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • But something else comes creeping in,As softly, from the starry night— The Elf!
  • Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
  • Only her eyes were visible—sombre and gleaming like a starry night.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • I shall never forget the last night, dark, windy, and starry.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for starry

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