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Meaning of sunny | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2 Frequent
ˈsʌni

Definitions

  1. Featuring a lot of sunshine.
  2. past participle of solear
  3. Receiving a lot of sunshine.
  4. Cheerful.
    figuratively
  5. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

Equivalents

العربية شامس صحا صحي مشمس
Bosanski sunčan sunčev
Čeština slunečný
Español soleado
עברית שמשי
हिन्दी धूपदार
Hrvatski sunčan sunčev
Bahasa Indonesia garang
日本語 晴れやか
한국어 맑다
Português ensolarado
Српски sunčan sunčev
Svenska solig solljus
Türkçe açık güneşli
Українська сонячний

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.
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