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Grammar : Noun
Spell : noon-dey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnunˌdeɪ



Definition of noonday

Origin :
  • "middle of the day," first used by Coverdale (1535), from noon + day.
  • As in noon : noun the middle of a day
  • As in high noon : noun 12:00 o'clock
Example sentences :
  • Ah, let me hope that the noonday will keep the promise of the dawn!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • As for having a bee in her bonnet that was beyond discussion, as clear as noonday.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Men on the earth thought it was noonday and tried to do double their daily work.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • We were unable to get a noonday observation on account of the haze.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • It was in this spirit that I returned home in the broad sunshine of noonday.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • First, that Christian was untrue to the house of Derby is as clear as noonday.
  • Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine
  • Others being present, Billy was silent as an owl at noonday.
  • Extract from : « A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties » by Charles Major
  • It was too stormy for Mistress Brodie to go to her own house at the noonday.
  • Extract from : « An Orkney Maid » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • For an instant the whole scene before us was bright as noonday.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • Neither Robinson nor Friday stopped for their noonday lunch.
  • Extract from : « An American Robinson Crusoe » by Samuel. B. Allison

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