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sunny
English
Etymology
From Middle English sunni, from Old English *sunni?. Cognate with West Frisian sinnich, Low German sünnig, Dutch zonnig, German sonnig. Equivalent to sun +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ni/
- Rhymes: -?ni
- Homophone: sonny
Adjective
sunny (comparative sunnier, superlative sunniest)
- (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
- Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
- (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
- the sunny side of a hill
- I would describe Spain as sunny, but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
- (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) cheerful
- a sunny disposition
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors Act I scene 1
- My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
- 1841, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge
- A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
- Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; shiny; radiant.
- sunny beams
Synonyms
- (weather, day): bright; sunshiny
- (place): sunlit
- (person): bright, cheerful
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
sunny (not comparable)
- (US, regional) sunny side up
Noun
sunny (plural sunnies)
- A sunfish.
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sprightly
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?sp?a?tli/
- Hyphenation: spright?ly
Etymology 1
From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘behaving like, having the nature of’). Spright is an obsolete variant of sprite (“a shade, spirit; elf, fairy, goblin; apparition, ghost”), from Middle English sprit (“principle of life; soul, especially at the point of death; immaterial being (angel, demon, apparition, ghost, etc.); divine inspiration; Holy Spirit; the mind, intellect, reason; mental faculties, senses; power of prophecy; character, disposition; courage, resolution; mood, state of mind; human will; breath; (alchemy) volatile substance”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman esprite, esprit and Middle French esprit, variants of Anglo-Norman, Middle French, Old French espirit, esperit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“air; breath; breathing; ghost, spirit”), from sp?r? (“to breathe; to breathe out, exhale”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)) + -tus (“suffix forming action nouns from verbs”).
Adjective
sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)
- Animated, gay, or vivacious; lively, spirited.
- Synonyms: energetic, high-spirited, (chiefly Australia, US) spright
- Antonym: melancholy
- Of a person: full of life and vigour, especially with a light and springy step.
- Synonyms: active, dynamic, mettlesome, vivacious
- Especially of an older person: energetic and in good health; spry.
- (obsolete, rare) Of or relating to a sprite; ghostly, spectral.
Alternative forms
- sprightlie (obsolete)
- spritely
Derived terms
- spright (adjective) (chiefly Australia, US)
- sprightle (English Midlands, Northern Ireland, rare)
- sprightlily
- sprightliness
Related terms
- sprightful
- sprightless (rare)
- sprightness (rare)
Translations
Etymology 2
From spright +? -ly (suffix forming adverbs from adjectives).; see further at etymology 1.
Adverb
sprightly (comparative sprightlier, superlative sprightliest)
- In a lively and vigorous way; sprightlily.
Derived terms
- sprightlily
Translations
References
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