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California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.
Nicolas Berggruen

Meaning of "sunny" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUNNY

sunny  [ˈsʌnɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUNNY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sunny is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SUNNY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sunny

Sunny may refer to: ▪ An abundance of sunlight ▪ It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, a television show ▪ Airkraft Sunny, a Swiss ultralight aircraft ▪ Nissan Sunny, a vehicle ▪ Seiyu Group, a Japanese supermarket ▪ SS Sunny, an Indonesian cargo ship in service 1959–69 ▪ "Sunny", a 1966 song by Bobby Hebb, covered by Boney M. ▪ "Sunny", a 1995 song by Morrissey ▪ Sunny, a 1925 Jerome Kern musical ▪ Sunny, XM Satellite Radio channel 24 ▪ Sunny, 1979 ▪ Sunny, 2011...

Definition of sunny in the English dictionary

The first definition of sunny in the dictionary is full of or exposed to sunlight. Other definition of sunny is radiating good humour. Sunny is also of or resembling the sun.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUNNY


Ballymoney
ˌbælɪˈmʌnɪ
bunny
ˈbʌnɪ
dunny
ˈdʌnɪ
funny
ˈfʌnɪ
gunny
ˈɡʌnɪ
honey
ˈhʌnɪ
money
ˈmʌnɪ
old-money
əʊld ˈmʌnɪ
punny
ˈpʌnɪ
runny
ˈrʌnɪ
sonny
ˈsʌnɪ
Sunni
ˈsʌnɪ
tannie
ˈtʌnɪ
Tunney
ˈtʌnɪ
tunny
ˈtʌnɪ
unfunny
ʌnˈfʌnɪ
unsunny
ʌnˈsʌnɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUNNY

sunn
Sunna
sunned
Sunni
sunnier
sunnies
sunniest
sunnily
sunniness
sunning
Sunnite
sunny side
sunny-side up
sunproof
sunray
sunray lamp
sunray pleats
sunray treatment
sunrise
sunrise industry

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUNNY

a pretty penny
benny
danny
dust bunny
Easter bunny
granny
gym bunny
jenny
johnny
jungle bunny
Kenny
long-fin tunny
nanny
not a happy bunny
penny
seacunny
ski bunny
skinny
snow bunny
tranny

Synonyms and antonyms of sunny in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SUNNY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sunny» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sunny

Translation of «sunny» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUNNY

Find out the translation of sunny to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sunny from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sunny» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阳光明媚的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

soleado
570 millions of speakers

English

sunny
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُشْمِس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

солнечный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ensolarado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাসিখুশি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ensoleillé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

cerah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sonnig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

日当たりのよい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

햇빛이 밝은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Panas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nắng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சன்னி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सनी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

güneşli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soleggiato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słoneczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сонячний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

însorit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ηλιόλουστος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sonnige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

solig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

solfylt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sunny

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNNY»

The term «sunny» is very widely used and occupies the 3.443 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUNNY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sunny» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sunny» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sunny

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10 QUOTES WITH «SUNNY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sunny.
1
Karen Abbott
Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight.
2
Henry Adams
The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.
3
Ken Auletta
Stanford University is so startlingly paradisial, so fragrant and sunny, it's as if you could eat from the trees and live happily forever.
4
Rosecrans Baldwin
My ideal vacation isn't about complex maneuvers. I want to arrive somewhere foreign where I don't speak the language, go hiking, then plop down in a sunny square, have drinks, read a book, and see what happens.
5
Nicolas Berggruen
California has something which not every place in the world has: It has what I would call a sunny side, and I don't mean just physically, but the sunny side is a future. California's worth saving, to put it bluntly.
6
Cate Blanchett
I cook a mean Sunday lunch. My idea of Heaven is a lunch outside on a beautifully sunny Sunday afternoon. It's the time to gather everyone together.
7
Douglas Booth
I like to wake up late, around 11 A.M., especially if I have been out the night before. Then I go to brunch with either my friends or my girlfriend. I then like to just chill out: read the papers, read some scripts and then take it very easy. If it's sunny, I go for a walk with my dog, Niles, in the countryside.
8
Daniel Boulud
I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
9
Billy Campbell
Vancouver is one of my favorite places on earth. It's gray and rainy there a lot of the time, but for some reason, even though it's gray and rainy, I feel like it's a sunny day.
10
Monica Crowley
Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUNNY»

Discover the use of sunny in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sunny and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sunny
Sunny is upset by the problems in her life--her mother's illness and her father's lack of attention to her--and decides to escape by running away.
Ann M. Martin, 1997
2
Sew Sunny Homestyle
Over fifty projects for everything from cushions to soft toys.
Tone Finnanger, 2009
3
Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures in the World's ...
But in Visit Sunny Chernobyl, Andrew Blackwell embraces a different kind of travel, taking a jaunt through the most gruesomely polluted places on Earth.
Andrew Blackwell, 2012
4
White Lines II: Sunny: A Novel
A sequel to White Lines finds Sunny's seemingly idyllic life crumbling in the face of her secret enduring love for Dorian and a fear that she will never find a comparable love again, a situation that compels her return to drug abuse.
Tracy Brown, 2012
5
Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain: How to Retrain Your Brain to ...
Offers research-based advice for training the brain to have a better balance of danger-avoiding versus pleasure-seeking inclinations, allowing pessimists to be more positive and happy, while allowing reckless people to have better self ...
Elaine Fox, 2012
6
Sunny Von Bunny
Well, that's exactly where Sunny Von Bunny finds herself. Fortunately, In this little rhyming tale, she has a friend to remind her of what's really important. (Clue: It's not what's in your closet!)
Ann Davis, 2011
7
Yugoslavia's Sunny Side: A History of Tourism in Socialism ...
This book undertakes a critical analysis of the history of domestic tourism in Yugoslavia under Communism.
Hannes Grandits, Karin Taylor, 2010
8
From Sandbar to Sophistication: The Story of Sunny Isles Beach
On the tenth anniversary of the city's incorporation, this collection of vintage and current images commemorates the beauty and uniqueness of the past and honors the city's founders, developers and citizens.
Seth Bramson, 2007
9
Sunny and Her Cochlear Implants
Then, her life changes when her aids no longer help - but there is a solution. Sunny is about hope, acceptance and a positive "can do" attitude. This book is the first in a new series.
Susanna Dussling, 2010
10
Sunny Chandler's Return
Her early works were hailed by Rendezvous magazine as stories with “larger than life heroes and heroines [who] make you believe all the warm, wonderful, wild things in life.” Here is the unforgettable story of a woman who returns to her ...
Sandra Brown, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUNNY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sunny is used in the context of the following news items.
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Friday forecast: Partly sunny with patchy fog in the morning
Today, the forecast calls for partly sunny skies, with patchy dense fog in the morning. Expect highs in the mid- to upper 80s and north winds of 10 mph or less. «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Weather: Sunny, dry conditions forecast into next week
Heat is finally arriving to Greater Cincinnati, and increased temperatures during the final two weekends of July are going to help balance the weather record ... «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»
3
Forecast: Sunny and hot, high near 94
Today across the Knoxville, a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is forecast, mainly after 5 p.m. Otherwise, it will be mostly sunny and hot with ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
DC area forecast: A sunny and shower-free Sunday, before daily …
9/10: Sunny, dry, not-so-humid. Haven't enjoyed one of these in a while! EXPRESS FORECAST. Today: Mostly sunny and warm. Highs: Upper 80s to near 90. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
5
Cloudy and wet, then gradually sunny in Muskegon
MUSKEGON, MI – Showers and thunderstorms are likely today, July 7, in Muskegon, and then it's gradually going to become sunny with a high near 69 degrees, ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
6
Mostly sunny Wednesday in store for midstate
More storms are in the forecast leading up to Independence Day, which also could be wet. There is a chance of storms on Wednesday, mainly between 1-2 p.m. ... «PennLive.com, Jun 15»
7
Forecast: Mostly sunny, hot; a slight chance of showers in the …
Today across the Knoxville area, the forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jun 15»
8
Sunny and clear skies expected for the weekend
The weekend will be mostly sunny with clear skies, according to the National Weather Service. Saturday will have a high near 91 degrees and an overnight low ... «Austin American-Statesman, Jun 15»
9
Forecast: Mostly sunny skies, afternoon showers possible
Today across the Knoxville area, the forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Expect highs in the ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, May 15»
10
Donations pour in for Arizona dog Sunny who was found hanging …
Sunny the dog made headlines when someone found her on May 12. The shepherd mix was hanging from a tree in Tucson with a rope tied around her mouth. «Daily Mail, May 15»

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