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adjective

Sunny adj. (compar. sunnier; superl. sunniest)

Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. "Sunny beams." "Sunny locks."

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. "Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores."

Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition. "My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon repair."

noun

Sunny n. (Zool.) See Sunfish (b).

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Etymology of 'Sunny'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sunny" Quotes from Famous Books

... drove along Piccadilly, my heart fell within me. All my dreams of those splendid, well-kept roads in the sunny South, of touring to all the gayest places on the Continent, and seeing all that was to be seen, had been shattered at a single ...

— The Count's Chauffeur • William Le Queux

... cot - Quite a miniature affair - Hung about with trellised vine, Furnish it upon the spot With the treasures rich and rare I've endeavoured to define. Live to love and love to live - You will ripen at your ease, Growing on the sunny side - Fate has nothing more to give. You're a dainty man to please If you are not satisfied. Take my counsel, happy man: Act upon it, ...

— Songs of a Savoyard • W. S. Gilbert

... once he expressed his pride and reverence in the inspiration of a genius deemed by his contemporaries to be worthy of the theme. There is not, perhaps, to be found elsewhere in literature so solemn a memorial of shipwrecked hopes, of a sunny opening and a stormy end, as one finds in turning the leaves of the volume which contains the beautiful epigram 'Nympha Caledoniae' in one part, the 'Detectio Mariae Reginae' in another; and this contrast is, ...

— Health and Education • Charles Kingsley

... vague charm, the first sunny illusion of some fair city,—when vistas of unknown streets all seem leading to the realization of a hope you dare not even whisper; when even the shadows look beautiful, and strange facades appear to smile good omen through light of gold! ...

— Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes - Mystic-Humorous Stories • Various

... sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June; Sole voice that's heard amidst the lazy noon, When even the bees lag at the summoning brass; And you, warm little housekeeper, who class With those who think the candles come too soon, Loving the ...

— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 3 (of 4) • Various

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