sunrisy

comparative more sunrisy · superlative most sunrisy · alternative sunrisey

1. informalRelating to, resembling, or characteristic of a sunrise.

   Out at the old schoolhouse-church, bright and sunrisy the following morning, the sparks began to fly.

   1962, Clay Fisher, The Oldest Maiden Lady in New Mexico

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   June 6 is a good day for a birthday — I remember in my youth how sunrisy it used to feel, with the roses just breaking, and gooseberry fool available for dinner! It is just that dayspring that makes Paradise — there's no other joy comparable to it, […]

   1942, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Lady Margaret Edina Duckworth Newbolt, The Later Life and Letters of Sir Henry Newbolt

   And she can use them correctly, even if creatively, for example, "The sky is all sunrisey," or "Let's swarm the money into the bag."

   2002, Renewal: A Journal for Waldorf Education