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sunny day

sunny day

37 1.0
A day when the sun shines and there are few clouds
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌni deɪ/
translation icon : día soleado
  • It was a sunny day and the children were going to the park.
  • a bright sunny day
  • one sunny day

And what that means is that that succession of sunny days doesn't mean that the storms are over.

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Examples

  • The children played outside all afternoon on that sunny day.

  • Today, it's 21 degrees, a beautiful and sunny day in Transcity.

  • Such a fine sunny day and I have to go.

  • Just another sunny day in Southern California.

  • It's gonna be beautiful sunny day today.

  • Now it's a sunny day, so let's go.

  • Join us tomorrow for another sunny day in LA as we bid you good night.

  • It's also a sunny day and I'm feeling so happy.

  • Narrator: It's a beautiful sunny day on a California college campus.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The big apple wakes to a beautiful calm sunny day.

Synonyms

sunlight
vssunny day
235 1.0

The light from the sun that makes things bright during the day

is used for one specific date rather than the light itself
sunshine
vssunny day
131 1.0

The light and warmth from the sun that makes a day bright

is used for one specific date when those conditions happen
sunny weather
vssunny day
1 1.0

Bright weather with a clear sky and no rain

is used for one specific date with those bright conditions
sunniness
vssunny day
1.0

How much sunlight a place gets

is used for one specific date rather than that general quality

Antonyms

51 1.0

Sky covered with clouds so it is not sunny

rainy day
  • Informal
29 1.6

Money saved to use if you have problems later

How Sunny

cloudless
8 1.0
sunny day
37 1.0
cloudy
51 1.0
overcast
20 1.4

Surface Forms

sunny day singular
sunny days plural

Morphology

sunny + day

The meaning 'a day when the sun is shining' is directly and compositionally derived from 'sunny' (bright with sunlight) + 'day' (period of daylight). This straightforward adjective + noun combination is cross-linguistically common and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

The phrase sunny day paints a simple picture: the sunny sky lights the whole day, making it warm and bright. That's why it means 'a day when the sun is shining and there are few or no clouds'.