sparkly
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English sparkle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sparkly From sparkle + -y.
- Giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery
“How sparkly the weeds are between the stones, and the moss on the roof—oh, and the flowers!”
“They sailed smilingly into the room, the woman ahead, rustling in a long, sparkly, black dress.”
- Of a liquid: bubbly, effervescent.
“Then we drifted, with a head over ayther side, peerin' down through the sparkly water. For the world like the days I spint with the pearlers, watchin' the coral banks a-growin' the same as so many gardens under the sea.”
- Of a person: high-spirited and lively.
“a sparkly personality”