sparkly

[ spahr-klee ]

adjective

, spar·kli·er, spar·kli·est.

1. tending to sparkle; animated; lively:

   a row of sparkly cheerleaders.

2. (of a wine) naturally carbonated; effervescent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sparkly¹

First recorded in 1920–25; sparkle + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The post The best dishwashers to get your plates sparkly clean appeared first on Popular Science.

From Popular-Science

A neighbor at the shelter gives Maddy a big bag of sparkly My Little Pony dolls that another child left behind, and it’s as if they’ve won the lottery.

From Time

Since the mid-1960s, Benglis, 79, has been one of America’s most inventive sculptors, constantly pushing materials toward new and unexpected forms — solidifying spills, magnifying knots, toying with metallic, sparkly and gorgeously unstable colors.

From Washington Post

On the day she was crowned homecoming queen, Emily Grover wore a sparkly silver dress.

From Washington Post

Behind the sparkly quant hedge fund that launched his Wall Street career stands his inconspicuously profitable trading operation, Citadel Securities.

From Quartz

Oliona lives in a small, sparkly new apartment with her nervous little dog.

From The Daily Beast

The Fashion Icon winner lived up to her reputation in a sparkly, see-through, and utterly fabulous gown.

From The Daily Beast

By 6:30 a.m., New Yorkers in sparkly spandex gathered at the entrance of Kinfolk 94 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

From The Daily Beast

Her skintight sparkly black dress did not look too easy to strut down the catwalk in.

From The Daily Beast

Her physical loss will be felt every day by those who loved her most, but her sparkly spirit will live on.

From The Daily Beast

"But it isn't a bit pretty and sparkly like the diamonds in the shop windows," said Grace.

From Project Gutenberg

One moment all warm and sparkly, the next, all cold and quiet.

From Project Gutenberg

See how lovingly the water mirrors those harp strings all sparkly with gold and green!

From Project Gutenberg

She loved sparkly things, I guesssometimes she looked like a fairy queen.

From Project Gutenberg

Hanging from it were all kinds of glittery, quivery, sparkly things in silver and gold.

From Project Gutenberg