sunny side

noun

1

: the side exposed to the sun's rays

liked to walk down the sunny side of the street

2

: the favorable optimistic aspect

a child usually sees only the sunny side

Phrases

on the sunny side of

: younger than

perhaps she is on the sunny side of forty but I doubt it

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