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# sparkly

adjective (sparkly, sparklier, sparkliest)

«sparkly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Sparkly means shining with lots of tiny flashes of light, like glitter, sequins, frost or diamonds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#m1)
2. (informal) Sparkly can also mean lively, bright and full of fun: a sparkly personality. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#m2)
3. (informal) Sparkly drinks are fizzy ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#x1)
- We made sparkly Christmas cards with glitter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#x2)
- The snow was sparkly in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#x3)
- My little sister loves sparkly shoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#x4)
- The fairy had a sparkly wand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#x5)
- He has sparkly eyes when he laughs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#x6)
- The frost made the grass look sparkly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sparkly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sparkly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sparkly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sparkly.html) on Mova free.