Meaning of sunlessness | Babel Free
Definitions
- The state or characteristic of being without the sun or sunshine.
- Dreariness, joylessness.
Examples
“In Penzance and Falmouth, the total eclipse will last⟳ for 2 minutes 2 seconds. The longest period of sunlessness will be in Romania, at 2 mins 23 seconds.”
“The honor she paid the honesty of these women helped her much to pity the sunlessness of their existence, and the poor end⟳ for which they lived.”
“Given such an aware sensibility, they move⟳, it seems to me, marginally past the sunlessness of a great deal⟳ of the wasteland literature of this century, and past the literature of despair of our own⟳ day.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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