A simplified representation of a smiling face.
smiley
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for smiley.
Editorial note
If I send a smiley face with a skin tone attached I'm suddenly making a political statement with a smiley face.
Quick take
A simplified representation of a smiling face.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of smiley gathered in one view.
The type of piercing of the upper frenulum (upper lip).
Synonym of Samoyed (a breed of dog)
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for smiley.
noun
A simplified representation of a smiling face.
noun
The type of piercing of the upper frenulum (upper lip).
noun
Synonym of Samoyed (a breed of dog)
noun
A Scottish surname transferred from the nickname, perhaps originally a byname for a happy, smiling person.
Example sentences
If I send a smiley face with a skin tone attached I'm suddenly making a political statement with a smiley face.
I'm not sure if the smiley is an indicator of sarcasm or not 2.
At some point in time someone probably said why do you want a smiley face in a chat window?
On the other end of the spectrum a smiley would also make the project more human, closer to the people.
These images are simply an interpretation of common emojis into graphical form, they literally map something like ^_^ to a smiley face.
If there is no smiley in the function name it won't pass QA here.
Fun fact, the SOH delimiter character renders as a smiley face in some terminals.
To avoid the smiley case, just format and display everything including the formatting characters.
But my comment about mothers was tongue-in-cheek (note the smiley face) so we don't have to overanalyze it.
Christ almighty, these god damned unicode smiley faces are the bane of my existence.
Anyway, my comment missing seeing the smiley was in reference to untog's comment that Roger was starting a flamewar (when he clearly wasn't).
I, for one, find a slider with the smiley face much better to use than 1-5 point bulleted scales.
Quote examples
I'd rather have a data point saying "I sold a house like yours for $300k", than a smiley face.
I think it's the general texture of the "LOL", smiley emoticon, and exclamation more than the gratitude.
"Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a startup idea in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article."
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use smiley in a sentence?
If I send a smiley face with a skin tone attached I'm suddenly making a political statement with a smiley face.
What does smiley mean?
A simplified representation of a smiling face.
What part of speech is smiley?
smiley is commonly used as noun.