Pronunciations (4)
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/ˈsʌnlɪt/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈsʌnˌlɪt/
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ˈsʌnlɪt
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- GB
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ˈsʌnˌlɪt
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- US
Adjective
Illuminated by sunlight.
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More examples (1)
"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. [James Abbott McNeill] Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…]."
Adjective
lighted by sunlight
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the sunlit slopes of the canyon