Sunny

//ˈsʌni// adj, adv, name, noun

adj, adv, name, noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A sunfish.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Featuring a lot of sunshine.

    "Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain."

  2. 2
    Receiving a lot of sunshine.

    "the sunny side of a hill"

  3. 3
    Cheerful. figuratively

    "a person with a sunny disposition"

  4. 4
    Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

    "sunny beams"

Adjective
  1. 1
    bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer wordnet
  2. 2
    associated with the presence of sunlight wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    sunny side up US, not-comparable, regional
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A unisex given name.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A diminutive of the male given name Sunil.
  4. 4
    A diminutive of the female given name Sunita.
  5. 5
    A diminutive of the unisex given name Sundeep.

Synonyms

All synonyms
brightcheerfulcheeryjoyoussunlitbright

Example

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"I have to do laundry while it's still sunny."

Etymology

From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y.

Related phrases

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