Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Exposed to or abounding in sunshine: a sunny room.
- adj. Cheerful; genial: a sunny smile.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Like the sun; shining or dazzling with light, luster, or splendor; radiant; bright.
- Proceeding from the sun: as, sunny beams.
- Exposed to the rays of the sun; lighted up, brightened, or warmed by the direct rays of the sun: as, the sunny side of a hill or building.
- Figuratively, bright; cheerful; cheery: as, a sunny disposition.
- n. A familiar name of the common sunfish, or pumpkin-seed, Pomotis (Eupomotis) gibbosus, and related species. See cut under sunfish.
Wiktionary
- adj. Featuring a lot of sunshine.
- adj. of a place Receiving a lot of sunshine.
- adj. figuratively Cheerful.
- adv. US, regional sunny side up
- n. A sunfish.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant.
- adj. Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun.
- adj. Cheerful; genial.
- n. (Zoöl.) See sunfish (b).
WordNet 3.0
- adj. bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
Etymologies
- From sun + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“They also point out, while Senator McCain, they say, has a good, strong record on fiscal responsibility, the environment, some examples, "The Dallas Morning News" writes that it has pause about Senator McCain, noting his age -- he is 71 years old -- also his temperament, saying that it differs from what it calls the sunny side brand of conservatism offered by Mike Huckabee.”
“As she looked at him she had a fancy that she was leaving him in a lonely place -- she who was going back to what he called the sunny paths.”
“Taking off from the classic film “Revenge of the Nerds”, the writers decided to put the nerds in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where they run into the same old enemies and engage in the same old sex-jinks.”
“Originally from northern New Jersey, he now lives in sunny central Florida.”
“But, you say, you're still back in sunny Saskatchewan?”
“A live auction will be taking place January 16-17 at the Pasadena Convention Center in sunny California.”
“You'll find similar scenes at stadiums across the country, not just at Staples Center in sunny Southern California or US Airways Center in the Arizona desert.”
“My mother-in-law (who lives in sunny NC) found out she was severely deprived when her doc ran a routine blood screening.”
“CDC: Americans in sunny states happiest, N.Y. least”
“Well, just two days ago I was in sunny 70 degree weather, but it's back to reality!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sunny’.
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Brand Theft Auto
A marque list for cars--models or companies who've used common words as their name.
explorer, navigator, frontier, mustang, quest, cougar, sidekick, legend, legacy, ranger, voyager, civic and 266 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Adjectives with 2 syllables that end ...
angry, bossy, busy, chilly, cheesy, creepy, dirty, early, funny, hairy, happy, healthy and 126 more...
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Words For Novel (Part 2)
fable, sprite, syphilitic, anvil, wonderstruck, vertigo, bridled, tufted, fettered, savvy, tweed fedora, tryst and 255 more...
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Adjectives
sagacious, average, angry, mad, crazy, giant, ugly, pretty, happy, sad, lonely, solitary and 119 more...
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Warmer Weather report.
Yay, it's no longer raining (130 words) and snowing (600 words).
spring-ish, warm, overcast, dog days, heat wave, heat-wave, simmering, balmy, muggy, sunny, nice, clear skies and 2 more...
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words to describe everything GOLD
emotions, reactions, senses, how do we feel when we wear gold, generational, memories,
Sensual, illuminated, history, intricate, classic, bright, luxe, sparkly, splashy, metallic, perfection, gilt and 30 more...
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Light Adjectives
lucid, bright, fluorescent, luminous, lustrous, vivid, radiant, shining, clear, brilliant, scintillant, unclouded and 10 more...
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Double Letter words
Here is a list of Double Letter Words! Everyone is welcome to add some more words if needed!
bubbles, gallop, wheel, follow, grasshopper, bunny, rabbit, summer, groovy, puppy, fitness, greetings and 65 more...
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Happy, happy, joy, joy.
Feel good words.
great pleasure, joyfulness, jubilation, triumph, exultation, rejoicing, happiness, gladness, exhilaration, exuberance, bliss, felicity and 95 more...
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If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-...
Words that have been used as baby names, including virtue names, nature names, place names, etc.
The title is an actual name given to a Puritan boy in the 17th century.faith, hope, grace, charity, chastity, prudence, patience, temperance, river, phoenix, stone, violet and 455 more...
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Patty4jc's Words
family names
amy, brooke, brittany, billy, brandon, william, harvey, patricia, ann, regina, lee, corey and 94 more...
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aliko's Words
deli, turkey, bodrum, deniz, sunny, seks, tatil, hava, zeeman, captain, kapitein, kaptan and 256 more...
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Cage
cage, depart, nothing, void, strain, unconscious, never, alone, floor, God, hell, winter and 219 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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feeling words
twitterpated, loquacious, ambiguous, pensive, sluggish, anxious, adventurous, curious, abandoned, absent-minded, abrasive, abused and 653 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sunny.
bilby "Thank God today is SUNNY.
'Look,' I shouted, kneeling and pointing a quivering finger aloft, 'the sun, I tell 'ee it's the sun. People says ois darft, I tell 'ee that's the sun. I 'eard people in England say if they sees the sun they report it to the police.'
'Yes, yes,' says Bombardier Fuller. 'And that,' he says, pointing, 'is a shovel. Start fucking digging.'"
- Spike Milligan, 'Mussolini: My Part In His Downfall'. Apr 25, 2009