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
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
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
She is always telling the three of us how strong we are—which is all kinds of hilarious considering what a softy Isabella is.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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
"Graham, a compact parcel of Scouse gelignite, doesn't tend to play softies, so his simmering aggression felt all too credible."
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2019
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
"Boys are terrible softies at this age," my young master admitted.
From Lady Good-for-Nothing by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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