cheery, gay, sunny
(adjective) bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; “a cheery hello”; “a gay sunny room”; “a sunny smile”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)
(of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
(of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
(figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) cheerful
Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
• (weather, day): bright; sunshiny
• (place): sunlit
• (person): bright, cheerful
sunny (not comparable)
(US, regional) sunny side up
sunny (plural sunnies)
A sunfish.
Sunny (plural Sunnies)
A female given name
Source: Wiktionary
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.)
Definition: See Sunfish (b).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 March 2025
(noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
