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sunnily

sunnily adverb: in a sunny fashion; optimistically.

Adverb

sunnily (comparative more sunnily, superlative most sunnily)

  1. In a sunny fashion; optimistically
    • […]they also are blessedly free of the uptight, sunnily upbeat, politically correct tone that has crept into more recent incarnations.2009 January 16, Michiko Kakutani, “How Oscar Got Grouchy”, in New York Times

Forms of sunnily

comparativemore sunnily
superlativemost sunnily

Origin of sunnily

From sunny + -ly.

Questions about sunnily

What does sunnily mean?
Sunnily means in a sunny fashion; optimistically.
What part of speech is sunnily?
Sunnily is an adverb.

Words near sunnily in the dictionary

  1. Sunnify
  2. Sunnifying
  3. Sunnight
  4. Sunnights
  5. Sunniism
  6. sunnily
  7. sunniness
  8. sunninesses
  9. sunning
  10. sunning up
  11. Sunningdale

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