Example Sentences

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Again and again, the movie cuts away from the main action to fill in one of the characters’ backgrounds, which are never as engaging as Pitt et al. running daffily amok.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

In a CNN interview on Thursday, the author described his initial reaction to the ban as "total bafflement" and called the school board's action "daffily myopic."

From Reuters • Jan. 28, 2022

New to the story is Chuck’s sweet if daffily literal-minded cousin, portrayed in an unbreakable deadpan by Rigby.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2019

The data we do have is this: Gwyneth Paltrow daffily praises juice cleanses and warns everyone to stay away from nightshade vegetables, and she’s viewed as a harmful crackpot.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2019

She’s played much stranger characters, but few as daffily endearing.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2018