starry
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/ˈstɑː.ɹi/
(UK)
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/ˈstɑː.ɹi/ (UK) · /ˈstɑɹ.i/ (US)
Definition of starry
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Having stars visible.
“starry night”
“Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.”
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adj
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Having stars visible.
“starry night”
“Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.”
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Resembling or shaped like a star.
“I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste.”
“An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.”
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Full of stars or celebrities.
“Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.”
“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.”
“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.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star + -y.
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