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Webster 1913 Edition
Sunny
Sun′ny
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Sunnier
; sup
erl.
Sunniest
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant.
“Sunny beams.” Spenser.
“Sunny locks.” Shak.
2.
Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun;
as, a
. sunny
room; the sunny
side of a hillHer blooming mountains and her
sunny
shores. Addison.
3.
Cheerful; genial;
as, a
. sunny
dispositionMy decayed fair
A
A
sunny
look of his would soon repair. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Sunny
SUN'NY
,Adj.
1.
Proceeding from the sun; as sunny beams.2.
Exposed to the rays of the sun; warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as the sunny side of a hill or building. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores.
3.
Colored by the sun. Her sunny locks
Hang on her temples like a golden fleece.
Definition 2024
Sunny
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See also: Sunny
English
Adjective
sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)
- (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
- Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
- (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
- the sunny side of a hill
- I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
- (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
- a sunny disposition
- Shakespeare
- My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
- Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge
- A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
- Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
- Edmund Spenser
- sunny beams
- William Shakespeare
- sunny locks
- Edmund Spenser
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
weather, day
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place
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cheerful
Adverb
sunny (not comparable)
- (US, regional) sunny side up
Noun
sunny (plural sunnies)
- A sunfish.