[
UK
/spˈɑːkli/
]
[ US /ˈspɑɹkɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈspɑɹkɫi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
a dress with sparkly sequins
glinting water
glinting eyes
`glistering' is an archaic term
bugle beads all aglitter
his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
the scintillating stars
glittery costume jewelry
scintillant mica
shop window full of glittering Christmas trees -
marked by high spirits or excitement
his fertile effervescent mind
a row of sparkly cheerleaders
scintillating personality
How To Use sparkly In A Sentence
- We aren't interested in sparkly vampires or international spy thrillers. The Cold and Ugly Light of Truth: Special MFA Edition
- She has on a short mini with a sparkly pink belt and bell sleeve shirt.
- A shower and something sparkly from your wardrobe shouldn't be too much to ask once a year. The Sun
- The urge to throw on something pretty and sparkly and silly? Times, Sunday Times
- Stick her in a white jumpsuit with glossy, sparkly, pale heels. Times, Sunday Times
- The final effect was rubbing a glue stick randomly on the snow and sprinkling it with silver glitter for that sparkly look that snow sometimes has.
- Today he's a small wiry man with weather-beaten tanned skin, an equally small moustache, sparkly eyes and a ready grin.
- She's whipped the place into shape and everything's sparkly clean, not to mention the fact that the place is as quiet as a tomb, aside from the tapping of keyboards or phone ringing.
- Stick her in a white jumpsuit with glossy, sparkly, pale heels. Times, Sunday Times
- Maybe ‘le garcon’ could get round to helping to “fix the dodgy starter sparkly, change the torch batteries and to seeing to whatever neeeds seeing to stop the fuses tripping in the fusebox” instead of boring you silly with his never ending monologues about his interminable poker games? Words of wisdom
