adv. [f. SUNNY a. + -LY2.] In a sunny manner; chiefly fig. brightly, cheerfully.
1817. Examiner, 5 Jan., 10/2. So spiritedly and sunnily do the midway and far-receding objects … relieve and retire.
1832. Fr. A. Kemble, Francis the First, II. iv.
| Defenceless, and alone! ay, go thou forth, | |
| For hope sits sunnily upon thy brow, | |
| My brother! |
1849. Tait’s Mag., XVI. 105/1. The faces of solicitous relations beamed sunnily with the light of hope.
1886. Dowden, Shelley, II. ii. 45. The time from September 20 to September 24 went sunnily by.
