sparkly

adjective

spar·​kly ˈspär-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce sparkly (audio)
sparklier; sparkliest
: tending to sparkle : shining with or reflecting bright points of light
sparkly Christmas decorations
Run by various entrepreneurs, the vehicles … are cheap, plentiful, and known for loud music and sparkly disco balls.Shara Tonn

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These memoirs, thrillers, romance, literary fiction, nonfiction and short stories focus on Native and Indigenous stories Comments There's a chill in the air, the leaves are crunchy underfoot and the Halloween decorations are beginning to give way to sparkly lights and flying reindeer. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024 The 2024 collection includes a berry pink Stanley tumbler, color-changing hot cups and sparkly tumblers with matching ornament keychains. Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 Their girls stood in front of Mom and Dad, each of the sisters wearing different sparkly Eras tour outfits. Angel Saunders, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024 November is also a great month to look for easy-to-spot Pleiades, a sparkly cluster of over 1,000 stars in the Taurus constellation. Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sparkly 

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sparkly was in 1859

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“Sparkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sparkly. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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