cloudlessadj.
/ˈklaʊdlɪs/ Without a cloud, unclouded, clear.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective] > specifically of circumstances, events, or emotions
swinklessOE
secure1558
cloudlessa1596
unpainful1733
passionless1859
strainless1907
stressless1910
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > clear > unclouded
cloudlessa1596
unclouded1595
uncloudy1599
innubilous1656
unbeclouded1857
a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Ij The cloudlesse morning.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 72 Raine-les, their soile is wett; and Clowd-les, fat.
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1696 His cloudless thunder. View more context for this quotation
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xiv. 360 A cloudless gale Propitious blowing.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 53 Dew is..most copious on a cloudless night.
Derivatives
cloudlessly adv.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adverb]
securely1550
carelessly1561
unanxiously1762
relaxedly1819
tearlessly1853
cloudlessly1869
1869 J. Ruskin Queen of Air §157 His life..passes away cloudlessly.
cloudlessness n.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > clear condition
clearnessa1400
clear1589
openness1611
cloudlessnessa1851
a1851 D. M. Moir May-day in Poet. Wks. (1852) iv The same blue sky, Whose arching cloudlessness blest the eye.
1876 L. Tollemache in Fortn. Rev. Mar. 352 Sometimes..the uniformity of cloudlessness became wearisome.
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