# sunny
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun +‎ -y.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsʌni/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌni
* Hyphenation: sun‧ny
* Homophone: sonny

### Adjective

sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)
* (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
    Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
* (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
    the sunny side of a hill
    I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
* (figuratively) Cheerful.
    a person with a sunny disposition
** c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
** 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge(please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
** 1849, The Literary Garland, page 244:Unloved, and uncaressed, her childhood unbrightened by the sunny mirth of that age, her girlhood a gloomy period of austere seclusion […]
** 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times‎:Sunak is a sunnier character than DeSantis, who could illuminate a stage by getting off it. He is also the more reliable friend of Ukraine. Other than that, their oneness is striking.
** 2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:Altman tweeted a sunny message after the combative announcement.
* Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
** 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:sunny beams
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:the four winds blow in from every coast Renownèd suitors, and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece

#### Synonyms

* (weather, day): bright; sunshiny
* (place): sunlit
* (person): bright, cheerful

#### Derived terms

* sunnily
* sunniness
* sunny-day flooding
* sunny side down
* sunny side up
* sunny uplands
* unsunny

#### Translations

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### Adverb

sunny (not comparable)
* (US, regional) sunny side up

### Noun

sunny (plural sunnies)
* A sunfish.