Meaning of sunny | Babel Free
ˈsʌniDefinitions
- Featuring a lot of sunshine.
- past participle of solear
- Receiving a lot of sunshine.
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Cheerful. figuratively
- Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
Equivalents
Examples
“Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.”
“the sunny side of a hill”
“I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.”
“a person with a sunny disposition”
“My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.”
“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.”
“Unloved, and uncaressed, her childhood unbrightened by the sunny mirth of that age, her girlhood a gloomy period of austere seclusion […]”
“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.”
“Altman tweeted a sunny message after the combative announcement.”
“sunny beams”
“the four winds blow in from every coast Renownèd suitors, and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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