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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The Sharks’ first goal was a gimme, a softy by Smith.
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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
For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
There are several great performances going on that add some surprising depth to characters that could easily be one-note, led by Scott Foley, who seems to be having the most fun as Nick Blackburn, the outwardly cynical executive producer of the show who is, deep down (way, way deep down), a softy.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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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
For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.
—Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
There are several great performances going on that add some surprising depth to characters that could easily be one-note, led by Scott Foley, who seems to be having the most fun as Nick Blackburn, the outwardly cynical executive producer of the show who is, deep down (way, way deep down), a softy.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
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 Jul. 2025.
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