starry en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈstɑː.ɹi/ (UK)
- /ˈstɑɹ.i/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star + -y.
Meanings
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Having stars visible.
Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.
starry night
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Resembling or shaped like a star.
An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.
1904, Flora and Sylva, volume 2, page 90:I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste.
1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 21:
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Full of stars or celebrities.
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.
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: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.
2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times:Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| starrier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| starriest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
Deriveds
starry eyes · starry-eyed · starry bob · starry weever · starry campion · starry ray · starriness · starry sturgeon · starry flounder · starrily · starry-eyed
Synonyms
Translations (60)
mk ѕвездест (shaped like a star) · de sternartig (shaped like a star) · ca estelat (having stars visible) · pt estrelado (having stars visible) · tr yıldızımsı (shaped like a star) · cy serennog (having stars visible) · nl stervormig (shaped like a star) · cy serenffurf (shaped like a star) · fr étoilé (having stars visible) · sh zvèzdan (having stars visible) · ru звездообра́зный (shaped like a star) · la sīdereus (having stars visible) · ga réaltach (shaped like a star) · ca estelat (shaped like a star) · it stellato (having stars visible) · el έναστρος (having stars visible) · es estelífero (having stars visible) · pl gwiaździsty (shaped like a star) · de sternförmig (shaped like a star) · be зо́рны (having stars visible) · bg звездообра́зен (shaped like a star) · es astrífero (having stars visible) · tr yıldızlı (having stars visible) · mk ѕвезден (having stars visible) · sk hviezdny (having stars visible) · bg зве́зден (having stars visible) · de sternenklar (having stars visible) · ru звёздчатый (shaped like a star) · pl gwiaździsty (having stars visible) · ga réaltógach (shaped like a star) · ang āstierred (having stars visible) · gl estrelado (having stars visible) · fi tähtikirkas (having stars visible) · el αστεροειδής (shaped like a star) · lt žvaigždiškas (shaped like a star) · pl gwiezdny (having stars visible) · sh звѐздан (having stars visible) · la stellātus (having stars visible) · pl gwieździsty (shaped like a star) · ga réaltach (having stars visible) · sl zvezden (having stars visible) · sh звјѐздан (having stars visible) · is stjörnubjartur (having stars visible) · uk зо́ряний (having stars visible) · cs hvězdný (having stars visible) · de gestirnt (having stars visible) · es estrellado (having stars visible) · de bestirnt (having stars visible) · gl estrelado (shaped like a star) · pl rozgwieżdżony (having stars visible) · pl gwieździsty (having stars visible) · sh zvjèzdan (having stars visible) · fr étoilé (shaped like a star) · cy serog (having stars visible) · mk ѕвездолик (shaped like a star) · ga réaltógach (having stars visible) · ro înstelat (having stars visible) · es estrellado (shaped like a star) · izh tähekäs (having stars visible) · ru звёздный (having stars visible)