Deeper Dive: sunny
Sun"ny
(?), a. [Compar. Sunnier (?); superl. Sunniest.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; hence, shining; bright; brilliant; radiant. "Sunny beams." Spenser. "Sunny locks." Shak.
2. 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.
Addison.
3. Cheerful; genial; as, a sunny disposition.
My decayed fair A sunny look of his would soon repair.
Shak.
Sun"ny
, n. (Zoöl.) See Sunfish (b).
-- Webster's unabridged 1913
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