BONNY (bonnier, bonniest)

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Irregular inflected forms: bonnier    , bonniest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bonny mean? 

• BONNY (adjective)
  The adjective BONNY has 1 sense:

1. very pleasing to the eye

  Familiarity information: BONNY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONNY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very pleasing to the eye

Synonyms:

bonnie; bonny; comely; fair; sightly

Context example:

young fair maidens

Similar:

beautiful (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)

 Context examples 

He might have thrown a dozen if he had but left my bonny bird alone.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It laid an egg after it was dead—the bonniest, brightest little blue egg that ever was seen.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Yes, bonny wee thing, I'll wear you in my bosom, lest my jewel I should tyne."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

You've grown bigger and bonnier, but you are the same scapegrace as ever.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

As our tandem came alongside of the four-in-hand, with the two bonny bay mares gleaming like shot-silk in the sunshine, a murmur of admiration rose from the crowd.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“It’s a bonny thing,” said he.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Here, come in, bonny wanderer!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)