sunnily

1. 1.

   in a cheerful manner

   “`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly”

   Synonymspleasantlycheerily

Questions about sunnily

What does sunnily mean?

sunnily means "in a cheerful manner".

How many syllables are in sunnily?

sunnily has 3 syllables: sun-ni-ly. The stress falls on "sun".

What is another word for sunnily?

Close synonyms include pleasantly, cheerily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sunnily a common word?

sunnily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.