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bubbly
What does bubbly mean?
bubbly (adjective): full of or showing high spirits.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use bubbly in a sentence?
- Bright bubbly children. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- A bubbly personality. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce bubbly?
/ˈbʌbli/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does bubbly come from?
From bubble + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “bubbly” mean?
humorously sarcastic or mocking
Not quite: that's what ironic means.
rigid; hard to bend; inflexible
Not quite: that's what stiff means.
full of or showing high spirits
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tending to vary often or widely
Not quite: that's what volatile means.
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