noun
- plural of smiley; small circular yellow faces with simple drawn features showing a smile, used as symbols or decorations
- emoticons or emoji that represent smiling expressions in digital communication
Usage: computing; informal
Examples
- The teacher put gold star stickers and smileys on the good homework papers.
- She decorated her notebook with colorful smileys and hearts.
- The text message was full of smileys to show she was happy.
- He added several smileys to his email to make it sound friendlier.
- The children’s party favors included stickers with smileys on them.
- She used smileys in her social media posts to express her mood.