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starry

/ˈstɑri/
/ˈstɑri/
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Other forms: starriest; starrier; starrily

Starry things are either full of stars, like the starry night sky, or they look like stars, like the starry white flowers in your garden.

An astronaut may have the chance to look out at the starry universe or distant, starry galaxies—and you can do this too, if you have a powerful telescope. The adjective starry almost always describes the night sky, unless a poet describes starry eyes or starry fields of flowers. If someone calls you starry-eyed, they mean that you're unrealistically optimistic.

Definitions of starry
  1. adjective
    abounding with or resembling stars
    “a starry night”
    starry illumination”
    synonyms:
    comet-like
    resembling a comet
    sparkling
    shining with brilliant points of light like stars
    starlike
    resembling a star
    starlit
    lighted only by stars
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    antonyms:
    starless
    not starry; having no stars or starlike objects
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