Sunshininess
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state, quality, or characteristic of being sunshiny. uncountable
"Having great confidence in your valuable opinion on practical scientific subjects, I would very greatly appreciate your volunteer opinon as to the value of a machine I have thought of ... to wit: The recording of the revolutions of a Crooke's Radiometer by an electrical recorder, the selective motion, or number of revolutions to indicate the comparative sunshininess or cloudiness of the days."
Example
More examples"Having great confidence in your valuable opinion on practical scientific subjects, I would very greatly appreciate your volunteer opinon as to the value of a machine I have thought of ... to wit: The recording of the revolutions of a Crooke's Radiometer by an electrical recorder, the selective motion, or number of revolutions to indicate the comparative sunshininess or cloudiness of the days."
Etymology
From sunshiny + -ness.
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