starry
Americanadjective
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filled, covered with, or illuminated by stars
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of, like, or relating to a star or stars
Other Word Forms
- starrily adverb
- starriness noun
Etymology
Origin of starry
Example Sentences
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Brazilian director Karim Ainouz's surreal satire "Rosebush Pruning" premiered on Saturday at the Berlin Film Festival with one of the programme's starriest casts portraying an outrageously spoiled and dysfunctional family descending into chaos.
From Barron's
Overhead, a stylized starry sky—gold against deep blue—illustrates the Pythagorean idea of the music of the spheres.
Dean was asked about the "starry feedback" while appearing on The Graham Norton Show last week.
From BBC
The thrust stage, representing Amahl’s humble house, is a simple wooden platform, open to a radiantly starry sky; a lively shepherds’ chorus swirls around it, and the Kings enter down the aisles through the audience.
Stonehenge at night with starry sky on winter solstice.
From BBC
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