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sunny

adjective · noun

Simple meaning

Featuring a lot of sunshine.

Pronunciation

Say it like this:

suhnee

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈsʌni

This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. of weather or a day

    Featuring a lot of sunshine.

  2. of a place

    Receiving a lot of sunshine.

  3. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.

  4. figuratively

    Cheerful.

noun

  1. A diminutive of the unisex given name Sundeep.

  2. A diminutive of the male given name Sunil.

  3. A diminutive of the female given name Sunita.

  4. A sunfish.

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.

Used this way, sunny is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This sense is used where position and measurement matter — travel, weather and flight — so it reads as factual rather than emotive.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Geography/travel
  • Weather/aviation
  • Technical/specialist writing

Nearby words

  • sunshiny , rarer, so it draws attention

Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.

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Synonyms

Sense: featuring a lot of sunshine

brightsunshinyRare

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