sun ‧ ny /ˈsʌni/ BrE AmE adjective
1 . having a lot of light from the sun SYN bright :
a warm sunny day
a sunny morning
a nice sunny room
I hope it’s sunny tomorrow.
sunny periods/spells/intervals (=periods when it is sunny)
Tuesday will be dry with sunny spells.
2 . informal happy and friendly:
a sunny smile
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THESAURUS
▪ sunny if the weather is sunny, the sun is shining:
When we arrived in Hong Kong, it was warm and sunny.
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a lovely sunny afternoon
▪ fine especially British English not raining, and with no clouds or only a few clouds in the sky:
a period of fine weather
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Next week will be fine but a little cooler.
▪ nice ( also lovely especially British English ) spoken pleasantly warm and sunny:
It’s a lovely day – why don’t we go for a walk?
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If it’s nice, we’ll go to the beach.
▪ bright if the weather is bright, the sun is shining and there is plenty of light:
a bright sunny morning
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It was bright earlier on in the day.
▪ beautiful/glorious used when the weather is very good and there is a lot of sunshine:
a glorious autumn day
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The weather has been beautiful all week.
▪ clear with no clouds or mist:
It was a clear June morning.
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a clear blue sky
▪ cloudless especially literary with no clouds:
The sun shone from a cloudless sky.
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It was a beautiful cloudless morning.
▪ dry with no rain:
a period of dry weather
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Tomorrow will be mostly dry.