Sunny
['sʌnɪ] or ['sʌni]
Definition
(superl.) Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant.
(superl.) Exposed to the rays of the sun; brightened or warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, a sunny room; the sunny side of a hill.
(superl.) Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition.
(n.) See Sunfish (b).
Typist: Miguel
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Bright, shining, brilliant, clear, unclouded, fine, sunshiny.[2]. Warm, mild, genial, pleasant.[3]. Cheerful, joyful, happy.
Edited by Antony
Examples
- These fine sunny days began to make me ashamed of my winter merino, so I have furbished up a lighter garment. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All there was sunny and quiet externally, and shady and quiet internally. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He was a long way down the sunny street, and was making expressive gestures for me to stop. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Is your mind restored to its own natural sunny clime? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All Europe still remembers the strange atmosphere of those eventful sunny August days, the end of the Armed Peace. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If he had any sorrow, 'it sat with its head under its wing', and he turned only his sunny side to the world. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- You, and such as you, show me the sunny side of human life, and reconcile me with the world that I am leaving, before I go. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Editor: Rochelle