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sunny

//ˈsʌni//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Note for sunny

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Forms

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
sunnier
Superlative
sunniest

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
sunnies

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  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.

    • I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
  3. 3.Cheerful.

    • My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
    • Altman tweeted a sunny message after the combative announcement.
    • 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.
  4. 4.Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A sunfish.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #5044

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

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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.

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