sunspotted
5.5
Covered with small bright patches where sunlight passes through leaves
- adjective
- /ˈsʌnˌspɑːtɪd/
:
manchado por la luz del sol
- As she read her book under the tree, the sunspotted light filtering through the branches brought a warm glow to the pages.
Examples
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He has two cats who sleep on a sunspotted leather-topped desk as big as a pool table.
Fiction book (1991) -
The sunspotted floor reflected the playful patterns of light, making the room feel bright and inviting.
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The garden was alive with color as sunlight danced through the leaves, creating a lovely sunspotted pattern on the ground.
Synonyms
dappled
vssunspotted
5
5.5
Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern
is about patches formed by sunlight filtering through openings
speckled
vssunspotted
1
2.8
Covered with many small spots of a different color
uses larger sunlight patches rather than tiny colored spots
bespeckled
vssunspotted
1
7.1
Having small spots on the surface
shows light-created patchy patterns rather than tiny surface marks
specked
vssunspotted
3.2
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
refers to larger light patches created by filtered sunlight
brown-speckled
vssunspotted
3.0
Having small brown spots often seen on eggs or feathers
refers to light-made patches, not colored small blemishes
Antonyms
How Dappled
Surface Forms
sunspotted positive
Morphology
Etymology
Sunspotted is made from sun and spotted, and it gives the image of small patches of light like sun 'spots' on the ground under trees, so a sunspotted place is one with dappled light and shade.