starry
See also: Starry
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Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#STARRYCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#STARRY sterry, equivalent to star + -yCategory:English terms suffixed with -y#STARRY.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɑː.ɹi/Category:English 2-syllable words#STARRYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#STARRY
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈstɑɹ.i/Category:English 2-syllable words#STARRYCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#STARRY
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#STARRYAudio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːɹiCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːɹi#STARRYCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːɹi/2 syllables#STARRY
Adjective
starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)Category:English lemmas#STARRYCategory:English adjectives#STARRYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#STARRYCategory:Pages with entries#STARRYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#STARRY
- Having stars visible.
- Synonym: stelliferous
- Antonyms: starless, unstarry
- starry nightCategory:English terms with collocations#STARRY
- Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.Category:English terms with usage examples#STARRY
- Resembling or shaped like a star.
- 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 21:
- I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste.Category:English terms with quotations#STARRY
- 1904, Flora and Sylva, volume 2, page 90:
- An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.Category:English terms with quotations#STARRY
- Full of stars or celebrities.
- Synonym: star-studded
- Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.Category:English terms with usage examples#STARRY
- 2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times:
- A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.Category:English terms with quotations#STARRY
- 2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health:
- After a bit of digging, we discovered she follows a stringent workout and nutrition regime, masterminded by Patrick Murphy — a celeb PT with a super-starry roster, including Zac Efron, Keanu Reeves and Ruby Rose — with a focus on overall health rather than aesthetics.Category:English terms with quotations#STARRY
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having stars visible
shaped like a star
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