adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English sterry, from sterre star + -y
1.
a. : abounding with stars : adorned or studded with stars
starry heavens
b. : of, relating to, consisting of, or proceeding from the stars : stellar
starry light
c. : shining like stars : sparkling
starry with gold and gem — A.E.Housman
d. : arranged in rays like those of a star : stellate
2.
a. : as high as or seemingly as high as the stars : airy
starry speculations of what mankind may do — H.G.Wells
b. : aspiring to stardom
the starry scrambling of the twain — Osbert Sitwell
3. : composed of star performers : having an unusual number of stars in the cast
you have to follow up one star program with another even more starry — I.J.C.Brown