adj
Meaning 1
Giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sparkly
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a liquid: bubbly, effervescent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bubblesome, fizzy, sparkling, abubble, bubbly, ebullient, effervescent, foamy, frothy, gassy, sparkly, spumescent
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Of a person: high-spirited and lively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a sparkly personality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bugle beads all aglitter
- glinting eyes
- glinting water
- his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
- shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
- glittery costume jewelry
- scintillant mica
- the scintillating stars
- a dress with sparkly sequins
- `glistering' is an archaic term
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
marked by high spirits or excitement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his fertile effervescent mind
- scintillating personality
- a row of sparkly cheerleaders
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kimalteleva — giving off sparks, or small flashes of light
- Finnish: säkenöivä — giving off sparks, or small flashes of light
- Russian: искрящийся (iskrjaščijsja) — giving off sparks, or small flashes of light
- Russian: сверка́ющий (sverkájuščij) — giving off sparks, or small flashes of light
- Russian: блестя́щий (blestjáščij) — giving off sparks, or small flashes of light
- Finnish: poreileva — of a liquid: bubbly, effervescent
- Finnish: kupliva — of a liquid: bubbly, effervescent
- Russian: шипучий (šipučij) — of a liquid: bubbly, effervescent
- Finnish: eloisa — of a person: high-spirited and lively
- Finnish: hyväntuulinen — of a person: high-spirited and lively
- Russian: оживлённый (oživljónnyj) — of a person: high-spirited and lively