sunny
//ˈsʌni//
Forms
- Comparative
- sunnier
- Superlative
- sunniest
- Plural
- sunnies
Definitions
1.Featuring a lot of sunshine.
- Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
2.Receiving a lot of sunshine.
- I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
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.Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
1.A sunfish.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #5044
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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.