Crossword clues for sparkly
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1922, from sparkle (n.) + -y (2). Related: Sparkliness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery 2 lively and high-spirited 3 bubbly or effervescent
WordNet
adj. marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling]
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(a)]
Usage examples of "sparkly".
Still on her knees, Anna spread the fabric over the ground, sparkly side up, to assess the damage.
She changed quickly from her skimpy, sparkly costume into a dark pair of jeans and a top.
From the yard the students were able to see curtains decorated with rickrack, plush sofas, and a sparkly set of highball glasses resting on an endtable.
Meanwhile, upstairs, Kelp and Chefwick were filling their pockets with earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches, watches, tiepins, a golden dollar sign money clip clutching nearly eight hundred dollars, and whatever other sparkly items attracted their magpie eyes.
Then we drifted, with a head over ayther side, peerin' down through the sparkly water.
The three of us wandered around the store for at least fifteen minutes, calling out things like, "Ooh, look at this unicorn pin," or "Hey, cool, these barrettes are sparkly!
Bower Bird build his nest with all sorts of interesting sparklies to show what a good provider he was, then parading in front of it, hoping to lure Ms.
Near the airport, the first of the happy-hour hookers had started her shift, complete with leopards king bomber jacket, sparkly silver spray-on pants, and the world's highest white platform boots.
Clad in a sparkly jacket and a long black skirt, wreathed in silly string and clumps and strands of paper streamers from party poppers, her long hair bunned, she enveloped me in a very friendly kiss, breathing whisky and wine fumes.
Her cream-colored handbag had a sparkly clasp that functioned like a headlight, and as she approached at power-walk speed I thought of a little hot rod.
Then I had the waters go cobalt beneath me, rear up and shake sparkly beards.
With all his remaining strength, he drew back his stick, set up for a slap shot, and stared in amazement as the blue light around the puck turned white and sparkly and, for no good reason that he could determine, it ascended, becoming a higher being.
A line of men, many dressed in khaki jumpsuits or bright flotation vests, a few still sloshing in their waders, filed by the sparkly blue casket.