Dappled
adjective
Covered in or marked with spots or round patches of color or light.
The dappled sunlight filtered through the trees.
Often appears as...
- dappled light
- dappled shade
verb
To mark or become marked with spots or round patches.
The sun dappled the surface of the river with tiny points of light.
Often appears as...
- sunlight dappled
- dappled surface
adjective
Covered in or marked with spots or round patches of color or light.
The dappled sunlight filtered through the trees.
Often appears as...
- dappled light
- dappled shade
verb
To mark or become marked with spots or round patches.
The sun dappled the surface of the river with tiny points of light.
Often appears as...
- sunlight dappled
- dappled surface
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Pro Tip 1/3Natural Settings
Use 'dappled' to describe patterns created by nature, often involving light and shadow.
Walking through the forest, we enjoyed the dappled ground beneath our feet.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
The adjective 'dappled' conjures a vivid image, so use it in creative writing for effect.
The artist's canvas was filled with dappled hues of green and yellow.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Dappled' often implies a playful or pleasant quality, suitable for light-hearted contexts.
Her laughter was as joyful as the dappled sunlight in the meadow.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Settings
Use 'dappled' to describe patterns created by nature, often involving light and shadow.
Walking through the forest, we enjoyed the dappled ground beneath our feet.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
The adjective 'dappled' conjures a vivid image, so use it in creative writing for effect.
The artist's canvas was filled with dappled hues of green and yellow.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Dappled' often implies a playful or pleasant quality, suitable for light-hearted contexts.
Her laughter was as joyful as the dappled sunlight in the meadow.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural Settings
Use 'dappled' to describe patterns created by nature, often involving light and shadow.
Walking through the forest, we enjoyed the dappled ground beneath our feet.
Pro Tip 2/3Visual Imagery
The adjective 'dappled' conjures a vivid image, so use it in creative writing for effect.
The artist's canvas was filled with dappled hues of green and yellow.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Connotation
'Dappled' often implies a playful or pleasant quality, suitable for light-hearted contexts.
Her laughter was as joyful as the dappled sunlight in the meadow.
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Video examples
What separates us from...
And yet, there are hundreds and hundreds of children in the developed world who never see nature, because they're growing up in concrete and all they know is virtual reality, with no opportunity to go and lie in the sun, or in the forest, with the dappled sun-specks coming down from the canopy above.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
hunt and swim and lion water to cool off so of course they have what you call sort of parallel evolution there's a they have evolved on the other side of the world literally and the the dappled markings and spots for camouflage is a
Video examples
What separates us from...
And yet, there are hundreds and hundreds of children in the developed world who never see nature, because they're growing up in concrete and all they know is virtual reality, with no opportunity to go and lie in the sun, or in the forest, with the dappled sun-specks coming down from the canopy above.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 121 PIPE...
hunt and swim and lion water to cool off so of course they have what you call sort of parallel evolution there's a they have evolved on the other side of the world literally and the the dappled markings and spots for camouflage is a
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
James Gleick
American Author
Particle physicists may freeze a second, open it up, and explore its dappled contents like surgeons pawing through an abdomen, but in real life, when events occur within thousandths of a second, our minds cannot distinguish past from future.
Quote examples
James Gleick
American Author
Particle physicists may freeze a second, open it up, and explore its dappled contents like surgeons pawing through an abdomen, but in real life, when events occur within thousandths of a second, our minds cannot distinguish past from future.
Example 1 of 1
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