Sunnier vs Sunnies - What's the difference?
sunnier | sunnies |
(sunny)
(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.
* Shakespeare
Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
* Spenser
* Shakespeare
(US, regional) sunny side up
(Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal) Sunglasses.
* 2005 , Dave Franklin, Manic Streets of Perth , 2011,
* 2008 , Janet Fife-Yeomans, Heath: A Family?s Tale ,
* 2009 , Susan Lyons, Sex Drive , Kensington Press, US,
* 2009 , Justine Vaisutis, Australia , Lonely Planet,
(US, colloquial) (sunfish or sunperch)
As an adjective sunnier
is comparative of sunny.As a noun sunnies is
sunglasses.sunnier
English
Adjective
(head)sunny
English
Adjective
(er)- Whilst it may be sunny today, the weather forecast is predicting rain.
- the sunny side of a hill
- I would describe Spain as sunny , but it's nothing in comparison to the Sahara.
- a sunny disposition
- My decayed fair / A sunny look of his would soon repair.
- sunny beams
- sunny locks
Synonyms
* bright; sunshiny * (place) sunlit * (person) bright, cheerfulDerived terms
* sunnily * sunniness * sunny side up * unsunnyAdverb
(-)sunnies
English
Etymology 1
From sunglasses + , retaining the plural form.Noun
(en-plural noun)unnumbered page,
- She took off her sunnies and polished them, a little vigorously.
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- With Heath wearing a black beanie and his trademark sunnies , the couple arrived in Perth at 12.20 p.m. after flying in from the US via Sydney.
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- “Sunscreen for you.” Her skin was a light golden brown. “And sunnies and a hat.” He slipped on his own sunglasses.
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- Bring the Prada sunnies , the papers and an appetite if you?re heading here for breakfast.
Synonyms
* shadesEtymology 2
Noun
(head)- As a kid, he remembered catching sunnies with a cane pole and garden worms in the stream behind the house.