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sunswept

sunswept adjective: enjoying a great deal of sunshine.

Adjective

sunswept (comparative more sunswept, superlative most sunswept)

  1. Enjoying a great deal of sunshine.
    • Bossa nova, the quietly revolutionary Brazilian music that João Gilberto introduced 50 years ago, quickly became associated with the sunswept beaches and sweeping mountain vistas of Rio de Janeiro in songs like “Garota de Ipanema” (“The Girl From Ipanema”) and “Corcovado.”2008 June 24, Jon Pareles, “A Seductive Urban Sound Hushes Carnegie Hall”, in New York Times

Forms of sunswept

comparativemore sunswept
superlativemost sunswept

Origin of sunswept

From sun + swept. Compare windswept.

Questions about sunswept

What does sunswept mean?
Sunswept means enjoying a great deal of sunshine.
What part of speech is sunswept?
Sunswept is an adjective.

Words near sunswept in the dictionary

  1. sunstrokes
  2. sunstruck
  3. sunsuit
  4. sunsuited
  5. sunsuits
  6. sunswept
  7. suntan
  8. suntan cream
  9. suntan creams
  10. suntan lotion
  11. suntan lotions

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