sparkly

«sparkly» in Mova's school dictionary: shining with lots of tiny flashes of light, like glitter… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (sparkly, sparklier, sparkliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Sparkly means shining with lots of tiny flashes of light, like glitter, sequins, frost or diamonds. tree →

2) (informal) Sparkly can also mean lively, bright and full of fun: a sparkly personality. tree →

3) (informal) Sparkly drinks are fizzy ones. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children use it for clothes, shoes, decorations and craft materials. In stories it makes descriptions bright and magical. Phrases: "sparkly dress", "sparkly shoes", "sparkly eyes".

examples

• She wore a sparkly dress to the party. tree →
• We made sparkly Christmas cards with glitter. tree →
• The snow was sparkly in the sun. tree →
• My little sister loves sparkly shoes. tree →
• The fairy had a sparkly wand. tree →
• He has sparkly eyes when he laughs. tree →
• The frost made the grass look sparkly. tree →

note

Informal word; more formal: sparkling, glittering. Comparative: sparklier, sparkliest. Glitter is bad for the environment because it is tiny plastic; some schools now use eco-glitter.

In the corpora

• On Romilly's court day she wears her sparkly shoes.

Trees and pragmatics

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