smiley
pronunciation
How to pronounce smiley in British English:
UK [ˈsmaɪli]
How to pronounce smiley in American English:
US [ˈsmaɪli]
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- Noun:
- an emoticon of a smiling face
Word Origin
- smiley (adj.)
- also smily, "inclined to smile," 1848, from smile (n.) + -y (2). Smiley-face (n.) is from 1981; as a computer icon from 1987.
Example
- 1. He didn 't know what they looked like as their profile picture was just a smiley face .
- 2. The islands of manukan , mamutik and sulug in malaysia are graciously grouped to form a smiley , greeting visitors fortunate enough to view them from the air .
- 3. A bachelor comes onstage and sings a song to 12 female contestants who hold up paddles with either a smiley or a sad face .
- 4. After all , messrs jackson and smiley may have thought mr obama was too unseasoned and accommodating to be president , but 95 % of black american voters disagreed .
- 5. At dinner in a london restaurant a couple of weeks ago the young waitress who served our group was so extraordinarily smiley that my friend asked her if she had something to celebrate .