Sekirov Dictionary

Sunday

/ˈsʌn.deɪ/

noun 5
adverb 1
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 6

noun5

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the day between Saturday and Monday
- Every day is like Sunday / Every day is silent and grey — 1988
•
(informal) A newspaper published on Sunday.
- I gave him the switchboard with my love, went down to the Savoy for breakfast and read the Sundays. — 1974
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[before a noun] (informal) Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.
- 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
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[before a noun] (informal) Describes 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
(informal) A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.

adverb1

(US, Canada) On Sunday.

verb1

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(informal) To spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).
- 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

forms

Sundayed · Sundaying · Sundays

Phrases with Sunday

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