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Webster 1913 Edition


Starry

Star′ry

(stär′ry̆)
,
Adj.
1.
Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.
“Above the starry sky.”
Pope.
2.
Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars; stellar; stellary;
as,
starry
light;
starry
flame
.
Do not Christians and Heathens, Jews and Gentiles, poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the
starry
influence?
Sir W. Scott.
3.
Shining like stars; sparkling;
as,
starry
eyes
.
4.
Arranged in rays like those of a star; stellate.
Starry ray
(Zool.)
,
a European skate (
Raia radiata
); – so called from the stellate bases of the dorsal spines.

Webster 1828 Edition


Starry

STARRY

,
Adj.
[from star.]
1.
Abounding with stars; adorned with stars.
Above the clouds, above the starry sky.
2.
Consisting of stars; stellar; stellary; proceeding from the stars; as starry light; starry flame.
3.
Shining like stars; resembling stars; as starry eyes.

Definition 2024


starry

starry

English

Adjective

starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)

  1. Having stars visible.
    Starry starry night, Portraits hung in empty halls, Frameless heads on nameless walls, With eyes that watch the world and can't forget - a song about Van Gogh called "Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)"
  2. Shaped like a star.

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