groovy
Americanadjective
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groovier,
comparative
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grooviest
superlative
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Slang. highly stimulating or attractive; excellent.
groovy music; a groovy car.
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inclined to follow a fixed routine.
adjective
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Similar sessions also sparked tracks on Lambert’s new album “Crisco,” which is inspired by groovy country from the late 1970s and 1980s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
While the nuptials may come with a built-in party, logistics can be anything but groovy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
With 2013’s “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke and Pharrell set out to make a groovy single in the vein of Marvin Gaye.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Arguably the band’s poppiest album, it sounds like groovy Swinging London set to music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The bus was like one we’d seen in San Francisco painted with daisies, peace signs, and Flower Power written in groovy colors.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
One of the groovier manifestations of truly spontaneous musical creation is the Buchla Music Easel, introduced in 1973: a modular analog synthesizer, a looping sequencer and a touch-plate keyboard.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2019
They've all tapped a groovier vibe than the DJ and producer's previous releases.
From Time ● Jun. 27, 2017
With composer Les Baxter setting Sumac’s Andean stylings and symphonic interludes against groovier beats, “Xtabay” bore no resemblance to any Peruvian music I grew up with or have heard on any trip to Peru.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2017
If I can make yours just a little bit groovier, it’ll affect me.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012
Dodd took a ribbing from his groovier contemporaries.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2010
With the Vietnam War leading many Americans to think the nation had “lost its way,” Mr. Sutton takes us through the greatest hits of that grooviest of decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
"Loop on your love beads, and we'll pass on a few hints from the grooviest cookbook ever. First, pick around in the shelves there until you find something with a picture on it."
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2022
The terrific first single is one of her grooviest, “Made Up Mind,” with slinky slide chords and bluesy riffs.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 18, 2022
"When are 'quarantine soul train' videos going to be a thing? Everyone dresses up in their grooviest outfits and posts their own soul train dance?!?!" another wrote.
From Fox News ● Apr. 1, 2020
An illustrated guide to Southern California breeze blocks, one of the grooviest features of Midcentury Modern architecture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2019
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