sun-dappled.

Marked by irregular patches of sunlight and shade.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a sun-dappled path
• sun-dappled water

On the page

They followed a sun-dappled path beneath the orchard's oldest trees.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.