Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bright with the rays of the sun; having the sky unclouded in the daytime: as, sunshiny weather.
  • Bright like the sun.
  • Bright; cheerful; cheery.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant.
  • adjective Bright like the sun; resplendent.
  • adjective Beaming with good spirits; cheerful.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Sunny, full of sunshine.
  • adjective Bright, as though with sunshine; shining.
  • adjective Cheerful, happy.

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Examples

  • She said it looked kind of sunshiny, even on a dark day.

    An Alabaster Box Florence Morse Kingsley 1898

  • In an effort to stick with the warm and sunshiny theme of the weather, I thought I'd pop in and give you a little update on the goings-on in my world lately.

    Gena Grish: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo! Gena Grish 2011

  • Following a six-year employment stint at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and far too many stupidly cold winters, Campbell ultimately landed in sunshiny Los Angeles, where she now co-runs Carousel Television, a production company owned by the stunningly talented Steve Carell.

    Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011

  • The next post in this blog is Another bright, sunshiny day.

    Texting while driving = drinking and driving (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Florence Henderson looks back at her enduring and seemingly sunshiny showbiz career in Life Is Not a Stage: From Broadway Baby to a Lovely Lady and Beyond, out September 20.

    5 Things You Didn't Know About Mrs. Brady 2011

  • In an effort to stick with the warm and sunshiny theme of the weather, I thought I'd pop in and give you a little update on the goings-on in my world lately.

    Gena Grish: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo! Gena Grish 2011

  • I was growing up in the rural South in those days, in total intuitive sympathy with the sunshiny side of the counterculture.

    Madison Smartt Bell: American Terror Madison Smartt Bell 2011

  • With an unmistakable '60s sunshiny vibe, Lincoln Ballif handles the vocals and lead guitar, while his brother John is on keyboard and rhythm guitar and Grant Nassif on the drums.

    Jill Donenfeld: Band Bites: BLTs and Gelato With Dirty Gold Jill Donenfeld 2011

  • I was growing up in the rural South in those days, in total intuitive sympathy with the sunshiny side of the counterculture.

    Madison Smartt Bell: American Terror Madison Smartt Bell 2011

  • With an unmistakable '60s sunshiny vibe, Lincoln Ballif handles the vocals and lead guitar, while his brother John is on keyboard and rhythm guitar and Grant Nassif on the drums.

    Jill Donenfeld: Band Bites: BLTs and Gelato With Dirty Gold Jill Donenfeld 2011

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  • "though it was a sunshiny morning, he thought that, owing to heavy dews, dampness might lurk in the ground"

    - Melville, The Confidence Man.

    October 25, 2007

  • I feel disposed to get rid of my office, and to set out some sunshiny morning for the mountains at the source of the Tagus.

    - Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 3 ch. 2

    September 13, 2008