Explore Smiley through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like emoticon. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Smiley meaning
- Cheerful and happy; smiling.
- Having one's throat slit from side to side.
Synonyms of Smiley
Using Smiley
- The main meaning on this page is: Cheerful and happy; smiling. | Having one's throat slit from side to side.
- Useful related words include: emoticon.
- In the example corpus, smiley often appears in combinations such as: smiley face, the smiley, smiley faces.
Context around Smiley
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Smiley
- In this selection, "smiley" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wants, shirley, arthur, face, presumably and faces stand out and add context to how "smiley" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a happy smiley baby and added a smiley face emoji. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "smiley" sits close to words such as aba, avenge and backups, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with smiley
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Her name was Laura Smalley, not Smiley. (7 words)
Now, though, six months on, Wren is a happy, smiley baby. (11 words)
At 8.59am, Nicola replied confirming a time and added a smiley face emoji. (14 words)
Always a relatable figure for her followers, Michelle also took to her Instagram story posting a smiley selfie where she revealed that she was 'Over moon that I washed my hair today'. (32 words)
Citibank last month fired banker Nozima Husainova after she wrote: “No wonder why Hitler wanted to get rid of all of them” alongside a smiley-face emoji on her Instagram Story. (31 words)
He doesn’t remember the exact moment he first visited Smiley’s, but he remembers being impressed with the small venue that had live music nearly every night of the week. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
While Smiley is a nickname no one really wants, "Smiley" O'Brien was the best that the Mirror Universe had to offer and he honestly deserved better.
Born in Liverpool, Darlene was the daughter of Shirley Smiley and the late Arthur Smiley.
This smiley presumably inspired many later emoticons; the most basic graphic emoticon that depicts this is in fact a small yellow smiley face.
Also, when it comes to emojis, gone is the use of thumbs-up and smiley faces.
Always a relatable figure for her followers, Michelle also took to her Instagram story posting a smiley selfie where she revealed that she was 'Over moon that I washed my hair today'.
At 8.59am, Nicola replied confirming a time and added a smiley face emoji.
Citibank last month fired banker Nozima Husainova after she wrote: “No wonder why Hitler wanted to get rid of all of them” alongside a smiley-face emoji on her Instagram Story.
Dan Hugo and Sarah Drage won the Gold People’s Choice trophy at the Smiley Charity Film Awards.
Dr Donnelly said Evelin appeared 'smiley' during her admission and 'there was nothing to suggest that she was low in mood'.
Encompass staff Sage Smiley, William Norteye, Chris Brown & Kristie Brenda are ready to help.
Hearing that The Smiley Barn has 'demo tables' where you can try stuff out makes it the perfect setting for the 'locked in a toy store' dream.
He didn’t care about his own surgery but wanted to check on Smiley.
He doesn’t remember the exact moment he first visited Smiley’s, but he remembers being impressed with the small venue that had live music nearly every night of the week.
Her name was Laura Smalley, not Smiley.
In the notes, signed off as “Isla”, the rapist includes the drawing of a smiley face – often resembling a woman with long hair.
Nothing like living in peace with your neighbors, smiley good mornings, little souvenirs from a road trip.
Now he is smiley and outgoing, speaking with colleagues in the hallways and joking around.
Now, though, six months on, Wren is a happy, smiley baby.
Once split up by a swarm of locusts, the player must help Fone Bone and Phoney Bone reunite with their cousin, Smiley.
Open any app that uses the keyboard, such as Messages or Notes, and tap on the globe or smiley icon to switch to the custom font keyboard.
Common combinations with smiley
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: