See also: Sunny

English

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sunny sky with clouds

Etymology

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

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Adjective

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sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)

  1. (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
    Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
  2. (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
    the sunny side of a hill
    I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
  3. (figuratively) Cheerful.
    a person with a sunny disposition
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
      My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
    • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge(please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, [], →OCLC:
      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.
    • 1849, The Literary Garland, page 244:
      Unloved, and uncaressed, her childhood unbrightened by the sunny mirth of that age, her girlhood a gloomy period of austere seclusion []
    • 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times[1]:
      Sunak is a sunnier character than DeSantis, who could illuminate a stage by getting off it. He is also the more reliable friend of Ukraine. Other than that, their oneness is striking.
    • 2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian[2], →ISSN:
      Altman tweeted a sunny message after the combative announcement.
  4. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

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Translations

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Adverb

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sunny (not comparable)

  1. (US, regional) sunny side up

Noun

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sunny (plural sunnies)

  1. A sunfish.