cloudless

adjective

cloud·​less ˈklau̇d-ləs How to pronounce cloudless (audio)
: free from clouds : clear
cloudlessly adverb
cloudlessness noun

Examples of cloudless in a Sentence

playing in the park on a cloudless summer day
Recent Examples on the Web Long-range forecasters have good news for Hoosiers: The odds are good there will be cloudless skies in Indiana during the eclipse. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2024 The authors proposed to keep all that, but with software that was essentially cloudless. WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023 For many, the best time to visit the Maldives is December to April, as that's dry season, with little rain and low humidity leading to bright blue skies, cloudless days and still, balmy evenings. Anna Prendergast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023 Sunshine may be wall to wall — meaning nearly cloudless blue skies from sunrise to sunset! A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2023 Through Tonight: Mostly cloudy skies will clear out this evening and leave us with a mostly cloudless overnight period. Greg Porter, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2023 The day was warm and almost cloudless. Ian McEwan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 The skies will be mostly cloudless. oregonlive, 23 July 2021 In the capital of Mexico, on this warm, cloudless night in February 2023, with the moralistic dictatorial regime long extinct, the wild, excessive, romantic, promiscuous power-chord promises of ‘80s metal are alive and storming the capital. Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cloudless was in the 14th century

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“Cloudless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloudless. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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