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glittery

American  
[glit-uh-ree] / ˈglɪt ə ri /

adjective

  1. glittering; sparkling.


Other Word Forms

  • unglittery adjective

Etymology

Origin of glittery

First recorded in 1750–60; glitter + -y 1

Example Sentences

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Because here’s the secret: it’s rarely the décor you haul out once a year, the turkey-shaped anything, or the glittery garlands destined for a January trash bag.

From Salon

Yet he was instrumental to the creation of the band’s stomping and glittery sound as heard in songs like “Detroit Rock City,” “Rock and Roll All Nite,” “Strutter” and “I Was Made for Lovin’ You.”

From Los Angeles Times

“There was a gap for us who wanted something cool. A men’s cut of a tee or a plain, glittery shirt wasn’t cutting it.”

From The Wall Street Journal

One was how the show, a glittery evening devoted to the most popular of popular arts, would play against a world gone mad.

From Los Angeles Times

Pointing to glittery gold block letters that spelled MAGA, he said he wanted to swap the first A for a U, so that the acronym stood for “the most useless governor in America, Gavin Newsom.”

From Los Angeles Times