Bonny
['bɒnɪ] or ['bɔnɪ]
Definition
(adj.) very pleasing to the eye; 'my bonny lass'; 'there's a bonny bay beyond'; 'a comely face'; 'young fair maidens' .
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Definition
(a.) Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.
(a.) Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
(n.) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Handsome, beautiful, pretty.[2]. Cheerful, blithe, sprightly, buoyant, airy, gay, merry, joyous, jolly, jocund, winsome, buxom, playful, sportive, jocose, in good spirits, in high spirits.[3]. Plump, round, chubby, in good health.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fair, pretty, pleasant, lively, cheerful, shapely, buxom
ANT:Dull, unseemly, ill-favored, deformed
Editor: Verna
Definition
adj. beautiful: handsome: gay: plump: pleasant-looking: as a general term expressing appreciation = considerable &c. often ironically: cheerful: (Shak.) stout strong.—adv. Bonn′ily beautifully: gaily.—n. Bonn′iness handsomeness: gaiety.
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Examples
- Mark is a bonny-looking boy, the most regular-featured of the family. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He is too bonny to be false, said Jessy, looking up to her tall sweetheart with the fullest confidence in his faith. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ne porty ploo--habit militair--bonn--bonny a voo, prenny dehors--were Jos's words--the coat and cap were at last his property. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He might have thrown a dozen if he had but left my bonny bird alone. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here, come in, bonny wanderer! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It's a bonny thing, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I can read her proud bonny face like a book. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- You're not as bonny as you were, man. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She sought bonny Robert's presence speedily. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As they passed by the Palisades it is said they sang Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonny Doon. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It laid an egg after it was dead--the bonniest, brightest little blue egg that ever was seen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Our England is a bonny island, said Shirley, and Yorkshire is one of her bonniest nooks. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- You've grown bigger and bonnier, but you are the same scapegrace as ever. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Editor: Pratt