sunny

[ suhn-ee ]

/ ˈsʌn i /

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adjective, sun·ni·er, sun·ni·est.

abounding in sunshine: a sunny day.

exposed to, lighted, or warmed by the direct rays of the sun: a sunny room.

pertaining to or proceeding from the sun; solar.

resembling the sun.

cheery, cheerful, or joyous: a sunny disposition.

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Origin of sunny

1250–1300 Middle English; see sun, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM sunny

sun·ni·ly, adverbsun·ni·ness, nounun·sun·ny, adjective

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How to use sunny in a sentence

RCP tilts Republican of course, so if go over to Nate Silver at the Times, you get a somewhat sunnier Obama picture.
Should Romney Be Six Points Ahead?|Michael Tomasky|July 9, 2012|DAILY BEAST
From Monaco, earlier this month, the aspect was double-edged but somewhat sunnier.
Wimbledon's Poet Laureate|Olivia Cole|July 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST
(Think of it as a sunnier heir to the Beatles' reception on The Ed Sullivan Show).
The Making of a Teen Idol|Maura Johnston|April 1, 2010|DAILY BEAST
"It is possible to build a sunnier outlook in every room," Danziger and Birndorf insist.
The New, New Happiness|Abigail Pogrebin|March 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST

Many necessities in England are superfluities or even inconveniences under sunnier skies.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
Probably the British climate compelled more indoor life than the sunnier south.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
From those cold and forbidding Antarctic regions the airship rushed towards sunnier climes, and was very soon over Cape Horn.
The Great Airship.|F. S. Brereton
He was lifted into another atmosphere, and breathed a clearer, sunnier air.
In Answer to Prayer|W. Boyd Carpenter
The weather was charming for the first two or three weeks—much warmer and sunnier than at Finster.
Uncanny Tales|Mary Louisa Molesworth

British Dictionary definitions for sunny

sunny

/ (ˈsʌnɪ) /

adjective -nier or -niest

full of or exposed to sunlight

radiating good humour

of or resembling the sun

Derived forms of sunny

sunnily, adverbsunniness, noun

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