softy
Americannoun
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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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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
That Crutch, for all his bluster, is a softy, is a point the series explicitly makes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
His handler PC Kemble described Ronnie as a "big softy at heart".
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2024
Added Castellanos: “A lot of remorse, concern, worry. I don’t know, I’ve turned into a softy since I had kids. I don’t like stuff like that.”
From Washington Times ● May 14, 2023
Mom’s a softy when it comes to the Nelsons’ land.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
That year, the crown price of softies, Drake, scored this first Top 10 single with “Best I Ever Had.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Clinicians at London's Royal Marsden hospital hope the softies will help patients in non-white communities.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
Like Buster, he too has posted on Facebook to brand the tormentors as softies.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 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
"It's the only way with conceited softies," began Just.
From The Second Violin by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
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