sunlight
/ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ noun A2- All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. · Meronym: sunbeams· Near-synonym: daylight
- Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.
- Synonym of sunrise.
- Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”). · sunlight zone
Plural sunlights
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About seven in the morning Andrea was awakened by a ray of sunlight, which played, warm and brilliant, upon his face.
He thought himself in a sepulchre, into which a ray of sunlight in pity scarcely penetrated.
As Sir Henry and I sat at breakfast the sunlight flooded in through the high mullioned windows, throwing watery patches of colour from the coats of arms which covered them.
Oh, how it did shine in the sunlight!
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