softy

\ ˈsȯf-tē

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variants: or softie

plural softies

Definition of softy

1 : a weak or foolish person

2 : a softhearted or sentimental person

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Examples of softy in a Sentence

a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars

Recent Examples on the Web There’s the hotshot surgeon (Rory Kinnear) who does a lot of very fast amputations, the kooky dentist who is attempting to invent anesthesia and the softy psychiatrist with a seriously inconvenient crush. — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, "How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend?," 27 Feb. 2020 From a stop, the engine isn't exactly a softy, but the real neck bending starts at 3000 rpm. — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, "Testing Porsche's New 911 in Germany," 15 Jan. 2020 Four kids create a gaming empire with the help of an anger-prone (but ultimately a big softy) famous rapper. — Stacey Grant, Seventeen, "What Show Should You Binge-Watch, Based on Your Horoscope?," 8 Jan. 2018 Then, Embiid went on to say Whiteside only cares about his stats and not the success of his team - and called him a #softy. — Alysha Tsuji, USA TODAY, "Embiid and Whiteside had hilarious fight on social media," 14 Oct. 2017 Bryce presents himself as a rough-around-the-edges softy, marrying no-nonsense fortitude with a big heart. — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, "Can a Kentuckian fighter pilot and a mustachioed ironworker obliterate Democrats’ effete reputation?," 8 Aug. 2017 And many considered Marion, not Marine, to be the true future of the far-right, even though Marine was far from a softy. — chicagotribune.com, "Another Le Pen bites the dust?," 9 May 2017 There, in their cramped apartment, mother and daughter coax out Michelle’s inner softy, who, unsurprisingly, is nowhere near as fun as her outer meanie. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, "Movie Review: ‘The Boss’," 7 Apr. 2016 Jim Clark, inventor of the PocketWizard remote controls for flashguns, is a softy and a geek. — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, "Engineer Builds World’s Most Expensive Mousetrap, Mouse Survives," 16 Mar. 2009

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“Softy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/softy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2021.

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