Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUN'NY, a. [from sun.]

1. Like the sun; bright. – Spenser.
2. Proceeding from the sun; as, sunny beams. – Spenser.
3. Exposed to the rays of the sun; warmed by the direct rays of the sun; as, the sunny side of a hill or building. Her blooming mountains and her sunny shores. – Addison.
4. Colored by the sun. Her sunny locks, / Hang on her temples like a golden fleece. – Shak.