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[ stahr-ee ] / ˈstɑr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR starry ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, star·ri·er, star·ri·est.abounding with stars: a starry night. of, relating to, or proceeding from the stars. of the nature of or consisting of stars: starry worlds. resembling a star; star-shaped or stellate. shining like stars: starry reflections on the dark water. Origin of starryMiddle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at star, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM starrystar·ri·ness, nounWords nearby starrystarquake, Starr, starred, star route, star ruby, starry, starry-eyed, starry grasswort, Stars and Bars, Stars and Stripes, star sapphire Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for starryAstraea is the starry Lady of the Scales, a sort of karmic, astral Venus who weighs one's deeds. The Stars Predict Your Week|Starsky + Cox|October 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST A some-time interest has become a solid platform from which to stretch artistic muscles and reach for starry achievement. Horoscopes July 3-9, 2011|Starsky + Cox|July 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST I think that whole experience with The Starry Messenger was ultimately a kind of lonely one for him, and yet it strengthened him. Sarah Jessica Parker on Surrogacy and Cursing|Kevin Sessums|December 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST Either the clear voice was too rich with gladness, or else she should not have turned the starry eyes so suddenly upon him. Terry|Charles Goff Thomson
It was a delicious autumn evening, the air was soft and the sky clear and starry. French and Oriental Love in a Harem|Mario Uchard It is a freshly erected wooden pile, circular, with a pointed roof, and the starry flag of America on the summit of it. Lillian Morris, and Other Stories|Henryk Sienkiewicz As each vague Being appeared and bowed its starry head she raised her sceptre in answering salutation. The rogue's starry mantle descended on his adopted son, a tailor, whom he named Merlin, junior. Old and New London|Walter Thornbury
British Dictionary definitions for starry
adjective -rier or -riestfilled, covered with, or illuminated by stars of, like, or relating to a star or stars Derived forms of starrystarrily, adverbstarriness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to starrystellar, luminous, sparkling, glittering, astral, bright, celestial, lustrous, shimmering, shining, bespangled, radiated, sidereal, spangled, stelliform |