starry

From Middle English sterry, equivalent to star +‎ -y.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑː.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑɹ.i/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

starry (comparative starrier, superlative starriest)

1. Having stars visible.

   Synonym: stelliferous

   Antonyms: starless, unstarry

   starry night

   Alyssa stared out of her window at the starry night sky.

2. Resembling or shaped like a star.
   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, page 21:

     I shrank from the starry waters as they rose to my lip, but a power stronger than my will compelled me to their taste.

   • 1904, Flora and Sylva, volume 2, page 90:

     An old shrub long grown in gardens for its irregular yellow flowers of peculiar starry shape, coming from October to December.

3. Full of stars or celebrities.

   Synonym: star-studded

   Despite a starry cast, the film performed poorly at the box office.

   • 2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times‎:

     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.

   • 2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health‎:

     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.

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