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View synonyms for moonlit

moonlit

[ moon-lit ]

adjective

  1. lighted by the moon.


moonlit

/ ˈmuːnlɪt /

adjective

  1. illuminated by the moon


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Word History and Origins

Origin of moonlit1

First recorded in 1820–30; moon + lit 1

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Example Sentences

He has feasted atop a moonlit tower, with wine and roast lamb hauled up by rope.

In the moonlit garden as I stood by the limo, and there was menace again.

Remember what you told me that moonlit night when we walked by the sea towards the Grotto of Love.

He crossed to the window, drew aside the blind, and looked out upon the moonlit plains.

When they had gone their way to find marriage license and parson he went out on to his piazza and looked up at the moonlit sky.

All eyes turned up to where the rim of the mountain was silhouetted against the moonlit sky.

She and John Sibley went out of the house together into the moonlit night, and the reaction seized them both at the same moment.

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