Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunshiny

/ˈsʌnˌʃaɪ.ni/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: sun-shiny
IPA: /ˈsʌnˌʃaɪ.ni/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Sunny; having, characterised by, full of, or illuminated by sunshine.

adj

Beautiful and bright, as if illuminated by sunshine; radiant; beaming; glowing; resplendent; shining.

adj

Cheerful; happy; pleasant.

Example Sentences

"There are men that roll through life, like a fire-new red ball going across Mr. Lord's cricket-ground on a sunshiny day […]"
"A sunshiny shower / Won't last half an hour."
"The blazing brightneſſe of her beauties beame, / And glorious light of her ſunſhyny face / To tell, vvere as to ſtriue against the ſtreame."
"He to her lept vvith deadly dreadfull looke, / And her ſunſhynie helmet ſoon vnlaced, / Thinking at once both head and helmet to haue raced."
"a sunshiny disposition"
"Flowers can make any room sunshiny."

Etymology

From sunshine + -y. By surface analysis, sun + shine + y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sunshine

Inflected Forms

more sunshiny (comparative) most sunshiny (superlative) sunshiney (alternative)

Derived Forms

sunshininess

Rhymes With

tiny shiny whiny spiny piney briny heinie minae winy viny

Questions

How do you pronounce sunshiny?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌnˌʃaɪ.ni/.
What does sunshiny mean?: Sunny; having, characterised by, full of, or illuminated by sunshine.
Where does sunshiny come from?: From sunshine + -y. By surface analysis, sun + shine + y.

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