noun
Meaning 1
The property of being sunny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sunniness
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noun
Meaning 2
The quality of being Sunni.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheerfulness, cheer, sunshine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attribute
Narrower terms: good-temperedness, good-humoredness, good-humouredness, good-naturedness
noun
Meaning 4
lightness created by sunlight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: light, lightness
Narrower terms: cloudlessness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sunny Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sunniness From sunny + -ness.
From Sunni + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: слънчевост (slǎnčevost) — weather
- Latvian: saulainums — weather