variants
or softie
plural softies
1
: a weak or foolish person
2
: a softhearted or sentimental person
Examples of softy in a Sentence
a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars
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Jamie would probably cry over this; that highlander is a softy.
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Who knew the Roastmaster General was such a softy?
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Knox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Who knew the Roastmaster General was such a softy?
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
Knox is a Great Pyrenees and Labrador mix who, despite weighing 77 pounds, is considered something of a softy.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for softy
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“Softy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/softy. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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