silhouetted

silhouetted
adj.
VERBS
be, stand

A dark shape stood silhouetted against the bright morning sky.

ADVERB
clearly, sharply, starkly

He woke to see their two heads clearly silhouetted against his window.

PREPOSITION
against

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