softy
Americannoun
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softies
plural
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a person easily stirred to sentiment or tender emotion.
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a person who lacks stamina or endurance.
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a person who lacks strength of character; a silly or foolish person.
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Origin of softy
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Until recently, D’Amaro had mastered another Wambsgansian trait: the ability to play softy while the CEO fielded the outrage from visitors and investors that ensued thanks to these incidents.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
"He's given a few of the handlers a few grey hairs along the way, but he is so work-focused and a big softy at heart," he added.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
He’s admittedly a softy when it comes to young fans that want his autograph or get his picture taken with him.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
Mom’s a softy when it comes to the Nelsons’ land.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
Brandi’s kinda pushing us that way, we’re kinda softies now that we’re old, but Brandi wants to go there.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Like Buster, he too has posted on Facebook to brand the tormentors as softies.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015
Former Newcastle United striker Mick Quinn says the Magpies are becoming "northern softies".
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2015
For animal softies, the swimming-with-the-manatees program in Crystal River, Fla., is an irresistible opportunity to observe and commune with the endangered marine mammals in their natural habitat.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2015
“Figured us for a couple of softies, I bet!”
From Saboteurs on the River by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
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