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broad_daylight

broad daylight

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broad daylight (uncountable)

  1. Abundant, natural illumination in daytime, producing clear visibility.
    • 1847, Anne Brontë, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, ch. 44,
      Broad daylight illumined the apartment, for the sun was high in heaven.
    • 1911, Bram Stoker, The Lair of the White Worm, ch. 18,
      Within all was dark; but she entered as freely and with as little misgiving or restraint as if it had been broad daylight.

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