goofier; goofiest
: being ridiculous or mildly ludicrous : silly
a goofy sense of humor
that hat looks goofy
A big lanky loose-jointed kid with long wavy blond hair and a goofy grin …—
Garrison Keillor
Garrison KeillorExamples of goofy in a Sentence
She was making goofy faces at us.
goofy charm
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Simpson has been sharp ever since that Week 1 loss at Florida State, which now looks even goofier.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Steven Soderbergh’s revamp of the infamous Rat Pack crime caper is far more assured than the original, which was purely a goofy lark; here, there’s actually some care given to things like character motivation and the dynamics of the central Vegas heist.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The goofy charm that Bridges brings to the prior films is greatly lacking here, replaced with mordant self-seriousness.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
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Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Steven Soderbergh’s revamp of the infamous Rat Pack crime caper is far more assured than the original, which was purely a goofy lark; here, there’s actually some care given to things like character motivation and the dynamics of the central Vegas heist.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Cooper gets considerable humorous mileage out of his goofy stoner role, starting with a guffaw-inducing pratfall entrance involving an exploding carton of oat milk.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
The goofy charm that Bridges brings to the prior films is greatly lacking here, replaced with mordant self-seriousness.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for goofy
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“Goofy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goofy. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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