Sunday

plural Sundays

1. The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.

   Every day is like Sunday / Every day is silent and grey

   1988, Morrissey, “Everyday Is Like Sunday”, in Viva Hate

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   And after missing a simple header in the first half, the Manchester United striker ensured England topped Group D to set up a quarter-final meeting with Italy in Kiev on Sunday.

   2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2020

   But on that Sunday it was filled with Episcopalians from around the country who had traveled to South Bend to attend his campaign launch.

   2019 August 16, Daniel Burke, “How Pete Buttigieg found God”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021

   Synonyms: First Day, Lord's Day, Sun//Sun.

2. informalA newspaper published on Sunday.

   I gave him the switchboard with my love, went down to the Savoy for breakfast and read the Sundays.

   1974, John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

3. informalA comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.

   It just wasn't his thing, although he did beautiful Sundays for however long he did them. So as soon as he could, he hired someone to do the Sundays. Karen and I would do some dailies, but we were the Sunday artists.

   2017, Mark Arnold, Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace

4. attributiveinformalDescribes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.

   Your face is the color of a Sunday swimmer who swallowed half the pool.

   2010 November 9, Rosemary Wells, On the Blue Comet, Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 113

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   My limbs felt hollow, empty. Empty, empty, empty. A Sunday cyclist on a casual ride could have passed me.

   2010 March 30, Lance Armstrong, Every Second Counts, Random House, →ISBN, page 51

   Below, a Sunday painter dabs at a canvas near the Pont Neuf, his suit as natty as any Landru wore. He tilts his bowler hat and steps back to view his efforts. 'What is a Sunday painter?' Matisse says aloud. 'When we start, we are all Sunday painters.'

   2010 December 15, Peter Everett, Matisse's War, Random House, →ISBN

   If he even tries it, then his addiction will take over again. An alcoholic can never become a “Sunday drinker”.

   2016 January 18, Renars Sidrabs, Memoirs of a Drunk, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

5. attributiveinformalDescribes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.

   On the day of the show I decided to wear my good blue Sunday suit, even though Ms. Arnoldi had prescribed flannel shirts, boots, and jeans for all the boys.

   2011 April 29, Tommy Chamberlain, A Spoon Full of Sugar, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 6

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   His father replies with a special tone of voice (his 'Sunday voice', which he also used for reading fairy tales): 'That is about the tragedy of human beings!'

   2002, Emanuel Zeylmans, Willem Zeylmans Van Emmichoven: An Inspiration for Anthroposophy : a Biography, Temple Lodge Publishing, →ISBN, page 9

   It landed on the wire mesh in front of me, thrust its thin, monkey-arm through the wire, seized my Sunday hat, blue satin ribbons, rosettes and all, and squealing in triumph made off with it, leaping and bounding, to the top of the monkey-tree.

   2010, Marion Houldsworth, The Morning Side of the Hill, Boolarong Press, →ISBN, page 150

present singular third person Sundays · participle present Sundaying · participle past Sundayed · past Sundayed

1. informalintransitiveTo spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).

   2016, Brian Finnegan, “Your Sunday Best,” in totallydublin.ie, When we’re Sundaying in the city, I like nothing better than to roll out of bed and head straight for Noshington on the corner of South Circular Road and Washington Street, for one of their hugely satisfying weekend brunch options.

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   I waded through accounts of new calves and colts, new fences and barns, who “Sundayed” with his brother, etc., and soon had a list of all the cases in that part of the country.

   1910, Arthur B. Reeve, The Silent Bullet, section III

   The dogs and I were Sundaying on the garden lawn.

   1944, Emily Carr, “Kipling”, in The House of All Sorts

1. CanadaUSinformalnot comparableOn Sunday.