"When we got to the top o' the hill, we all looked down the slope, shinin' with dew an' sunniness, an' little flowers runnin' in the grass, thick as thick, till at the foot o' the hill they fair made a garden,-a garden about the size of a grave, knee-deep with flowers.
"Friendship Village"
Zona Gale
He could not of course know of her severe training in sunniness.
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
Not necessarily a wicked or warring household but still not happy; devoid of that sunniness which, be the home ever so poor, makes it feel like "a little heaven below" to those who dwell in it, or visit it, or even casually pass it by.
"Christian's Mistake"
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik