sunny
Use Sunny in a sentence
i adjective, sun·ni·er, sun·ni·est.
1.
abounding in sunshine: a sunny day.
2.
exposed to, lighted, or warmed by the direct rays of the sun: a sunny room.
3.
pertaining to or proceeding from the sun; solar.
4.
resembling the sun.
5.
cheery, cheerful, or joyous: a sunny disposition.
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World English Dictionary
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| —adj , -nier, -niest | |
| 1. | full of or exposed to sunlight |
| 2. | radiating good humour |
| 3. | of or resembling the sun |
| 'sunnily | |
| —adv | |
| 'sunniness | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
sunny
"full of sun," c.1300, from sun (n.). Fig. sense of "cheerful" is attested from 1545.
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Example sentences
It is bright and sunny, and he is in an urban park next to a chain-link fence.
Such devices can produce a lot of electricity on a bright sunny day.
On a wet trees there are lot of cases when primate gets advantage if it can grip in all weather not only when it's sunny.
On sunny days, the salt melted and absorbed heat, cooling the air in hot weather.
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