broad daylight

English

Noun

broad daylight (uncountable)

1. Abundant natural illumination in daytime, producing clear visibility.
   • 1847, Anne Brontë, chapter 44, in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall:

     Broad daylight illumined the apartment, for the sun was high in heaven.

   • 1911, Bram Stoker, chapter 18, in The Lair of the White Worm:

     Within all was dark; but she entered as freely and with as little misgiving or restraint as if it had been broad daylight.

Related terms

• in broad daylight

Translations

abundant natural illumination in daytime

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大白天 (zh) (dàbáitiān)

• Finnish: kirkas päivänvalo
• Japanese: 真っ昼間 (まっぴるま, mappiruma), 昼日中 (ひるひなか, hiruhinaka)
• Maori: maruawatea
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: běły źeń m

• Vietnamese: sáng bạch (vi)

References

• “broad daylight”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.