goody
1or good·ie
Usually goodies. something especially attractive or pleasing, especially cake, cookies, or candy.
something that causes delight or satisfaction: A record collector played some goodies for me on his phonograph.
good (used to express childish delight).
Origin of goody
1Words Nearby goody
Other definitions for goody (2 of 3)
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2Other definitions for goody (3 of 3)
Archaic. a polite term of address for a woman of humble social standing.
Origin of goody
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How to use goody in a sentence
As if this wasn’t enough for off-road enthusiasts, a Sasquatch package offers 35-inch monster tires, stiff shocks, a suspension-lift kit and other goodies for trail seekers.
Even better, if you order now, there’s a solid chance that the goodies will get to your loved ones in time for the 25th.
A lot of the goodies that I make would not survive, so I don’t typically like to ship them.
Lean into that love of chocolate with cookies that use it four ways | Jonni Scott | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostThe Hummer will be a bit pricey at first with lots of standard goodies like a three motors that generate 1,000 horsepower for towing and hauling.
An electric Hummer? Battery-powered trucks head to showrooms | Verne Kopytoff | October 21, 2020 | FortuneHershey, for example, has reported that people buying goodies to eat themselves makes up nearly 50% of sales at Halloween.
How scary will a COVID-19 Halloween be for candy companies? | Beth Kowitt | August 29, 2020 | Fortune
Nevertheless, some emergency rooms are even offering Vicodin “goody bags” to improve their ratings.
And now here we are, some of us anyway, looking back with syrupy nostalgia to the Sam goody days!
Comedy Is His Calling: The Brilliance of Billy Crystal | Tom Shales | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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 BEASTIt's probably a very tasteful goody bag for some very tasteful ladies.
Obama and the goody-goody Democrats desperately want to believe the Republicans are capable of a compromise on health care.
goody Wallis has asked me to write to her, and I shall certainly do so at once, distinctly forbidding it.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James WillsOh, you dear old goody goody, she cried, springing to her feet and throwing her arms around Tessa.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterYou have here a triall of her fidelity, that goody Busie-body vaunted of.
"goody Oliver" was executed as a witch on November 16th, 1688.
The Necessity of Atheism | Dr. D.M. BrooksOne said contemptuously, "Oh, you're a goody-goody, parson!"
The Transformation of Job | Frederick Vining Fisher
British Dictionary definitions for goody (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɡʊdɪ) /
a child's exclamation of pleasure and approval
short for goody-goody
informal the hero in a film, book, etc
something particularly pleasant to have or (often) to eat: See also goodies
British Dictionary definitions for goody (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɡʊdɪ) /
archaic, or literary a married woman of low rank: used as a title: Goody Two-Shoes
Origin of goody
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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