sunny

A1 Topic:Weather & Climate

US /ˈsʌni/ UK /ˈsʌni/ See IPA manual

Homophones

sonny /ˈsʌni/

Freq #4319

Meanings

1

adj
Having a lot of bright sunshine.

It was a warm, sunny day, perfect for a picnic.
2

adj
Getting a lot of sunshine.

They planted the tomatoes on the sunny side of the garden.
3

adj
Cheerful and happy.

She greeted everyone with her usual sunny smile.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 adj · cheerful and happy. cheery

More bright cheerful sunlit sunshiny

Word family

Forms sunniersunniest

Derived forms sunnily sunninessunsunny

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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sunny smile
a bright, cheerful smile that expresses friendliness

Adjective + noun

Proverbs (1)

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Keep your sunny side up

Etymology

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

sunni Middle English *sunniġ Old English

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Topics

Weather & Climate

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# sunny

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsʌni/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌni/
**Frequency rank:** 4319

## Meanings
1. Having a lot of bright sunshine.
2. Getting a lot of sunshine.
3. Cheerful and happy.

## Examples
- It was a warm, sunny day, perfect for a picnic.
- They planted the tomatoes on the sunny side of the garden.
- She greeted everyone with her usual sunny smile.

## Synonyms
- bright
- cheerful
- sunlit
- sunshiny

## Derived Forms
- sunnily
- sunniness
- unsunny

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sunni
- Root: *sunniġ

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

## AI Etymology
Sunny is from Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunniġ. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, sonnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun + -y. In present-day use, it can mean having a lot of bright sunshine, or getting a lot of sunshine. Derived formations include sunnily, sunniness, unsunny.

## Topics
- Weather & Climate

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