bub·bly
ˈbə-b(ə-)lē 
bubblier; bubbliest
1
: full of bubbles : effervescent sense 1
a bubbly bottle of pop
2
: cheerful and high-spirited : lively, vivacious
a bubbly personality
3
: resembling a bubble
a bubbly roof
bubbliness
noun
a champagne's bubbliness
Kitty's bubbliness cut with a dose of acidic sarcasm continues to be comedy gold …
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Kevin Fallon
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Examples of bubbly in a Sentence
Adjective
She is pretty, bubbly, and smart.
offered their bubbly congratulations to the expectant parents
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Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
Bring your favorite bottle of bubbly and pick up a lobster roll flight from Off the Hook before setting sail on the Argia schooner, which accommodates up to 49 passengers.
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Adjective
But then, what to make of a bubbly rush of pink dresses shown in the middle?
—Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
Meanwhile, Joyce, a reporter stuck doing clickbait listicles for a bubbly Gen Z boss, begins poking around into a story about an exploding crocodile, an unexpected phenomenon that could put our desperately striving protagonists in further jeopardy.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
Pop some bubbly, test your cork-shooting aim to ring the cowbell in the rafters, all with live music from the Detonators.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
Bring your favorite bottle of bubbly and pick up a lobster roll flight from Off the Hook before setting sail on the Argia schooner, which accommodates up to 49 passengers.
—Morgan Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Bubbly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bubbly. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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