softie

softy

/ (ˈsɒftɪ) /

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noun plural softies

informal a person who is sentimental, weakly foolish, or lacking in physical endurance

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soft ground, soft hail, soft-headed, soft-hearted, soft hyphen, softie, soft in the head, soft iron, softish, soft job, softkey

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How to use softie in a sentence

It made him sound like a softie, he said, a mischaracterization that he wanted to correct.
A Former Ambassador to Pakistan Speaks Out|Tara McKelvey|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Matt DeAngelis, who plays Woof in the show, admitted to being a big softie.
Broadway's Gay-Marriage Bonanza|Itay Hod|July 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
In fact, it teasingly suggests that Vanderbilt's a real softie.
Gloria Vanderbilt Gets Kinky|Megan Hustad|June 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
After that we dropped the 'Softie,' and re-named him 'Amen-who-shied-that-boot?'
Cornish Saints and Sinners|J. Henry Harris

"You know well enough that Merriwell is no softie," returned Harry, rather warmly.
Frank Merriwell at Yale|Burt L. Standish
He is a kind of softie—all alive on one side of his brain, and a noodle on the other.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward

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