1 (informal) [+face, eyes] sonriente; risueño Mrs. Mitchell had smiley eyes and a knowing look ...their smiley, frank, infectious demeanour
[+person] sonriente; jovial It's got great rooms and smiley staff Two very smiley babies are waiting for their lunch It's difficult to believe that someone so smiley could sing songs so nightmarish
2 [+badge, symbol, email] smiley The slogans, peace symbols and smiley badges are still around I spot the acid-house Smiley symbol on his knee-pad E-mail addicts have invented a range of smiley symbols, which function as a kind of emotional shorthand. The smileys are formed from punctuation marks, and read by turning your head to one side
