sparkly
adjective
spar·kly
ˈspär-k(ə-)lē 
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.—
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Her big voice matches her bright, sparkly personality.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
In an exclusive teaser clip of the scene, Kenzie, a radio host, makes a breathtaking entrance in an off-the-shoulder and very sparkly dress that features a voluminous floor-length skirt and dazzling embellishments arranged in a chevron pattern.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In February, days before the Super Bowl, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI search startup Perplexity, gave users a sparkly incentive to install its app.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Some of these services were natural applications of the technology that ByteDance developed for Douyin and TikTok, like filters that can make people appear much older or superimpose sparkly hearts on their faces.
—Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2025
In an exclusive teaser clip of the scene, Kenzie, a radio host, makes a breathtaking entrance in an off-the-shoulder and very sparkly dress that features a voluminous floor-length skirt and dazzling embellishments arranged in a chevron pattern.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In February, days before the Super Bowl, Aravind Srinivas, CEO of AI search startup Perplexity, gave users a sparkly incentive to install its app.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Some of these services were natural applications of the technology that ByteDance developed for Douyin and TikTok, like filters that can make people appear much older or superimpose sparkly hearts on their faces.
—Meaghan Tobin, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sparkly
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“Sparkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sparkly. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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