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.

 

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Sun"ny, n. Zool.

See Sunfish (b).

 

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