smiley

«smiley» in Mova's school dictionary: smiling a lot, cheerful — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (smiley, smilier, smiliest); noun (a smiley, smileys)

meaning for a pupil

1) Smiley means smiling a lot, cheerful. tree →

2) A smiley is a little smiling face drawn or typed, like :-) or an emoji. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life: teachers draw smileys on good work, smiley stickers. In texts and emails: smileys show feelings. Phrases: «smiley face», «a smiley sticker».

examples

• The teacher drew a smiley on my work. tree →
• She's a very smiley baby. tree →
• Put a smiley at the end of your message. tree →
• I got three smiley stickers today. tree →
• The waiter was friendly and smiley. tree →

note

Countable noun: a smiley, smileys. Informal. Emojis are often called smileys.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «smiley» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.