goody-goody
a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
self-righteously or cloyingly good; affecting goodness.
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How to use goody-goody in a sentence
The goody-goody Jagger started becoming more like Richards and began calling himself “Mick.”
Speed Read: 11 Juiciest Bits From Philip Norman’s Biography of Mick Jagger | The Daily Beast | October 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTObama and the goody-goody Democrats desperately want to believe the Republicans are capable of a compromise on health care.
Oh, you dear old Goody Goody, she cried, springing to her feet and throwing her arms around Tessa.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterOne said contemptuously, "Oh, you're a goody-goody, parson!"
The Transformation of Job | Frederick Vining FisherWas this the cousin whom she had considered a sort of namby-pamby, goody-goody girl who would be easily controlled?
Friendship and Folly | Maria Louise Pool
Mustn't be too goody-goody; that kind of thing is falling out of date.
New Grub Street | George GissingA little fellow called Jamie took me aside, and in the most friendly way advised me not to be so "goody-goody."
Tramping with Tramps | Josiah Flynt
British Dictionary definitions for goody-goody
a smugly virtuous or sanctimonious person
smug and sanctimonious
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