skyful
nounEtymology From sky + -ful.
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As much as a sky will hold.
- From this chaotic skyful of crowding flakes the mead and moor momentarily received additional clothing, only to appear momentarily more naked thereby.1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From The Madding Crowd:
- The Queen of the Night is backlighted by a skyful of starry dots.2007 April 11, Bernard Holland, “The Flute Is Awfully Nice, Tamino, but Check Out That Astral Sketchbook”, in New York Times: