broad daylight

Noun

Meaning

broad daylight (uncountable)

Abundant natural illumination in daytime, producing clear visibility.

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Synonyms

day daytime daylight midday

Examples

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. Washington Irving

We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight. John Lennon

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight. Václav Havel

Peter Mandelson is the only man I know who can skulk in broad daylight. Simon Hoggart

He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, "I am looking for a human." Diogenes of Sinope

Broad daylight does not encourage the apprehension of horror. Guy de Maupassant

Close letter words and terms

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