daffier; daffiest
: silly or strange often in a way that is funny
a daffy comedy/character
her daffy charm
As a hotshot physician stranded in the daffy small town of Grady, S.C., Michael J. Fox performs with his usual Swiss-watch timing.—
Owen Gleiberman
Owen GleibermanBut the most successful of her paintings assuage all doubts. They are congeries of daffy cartoonish shapes in stretched canvas or jigsawed wood, thickly painted in rich, loud, chafing colors and arrayed on the wall in roughly rectangular layouts.—Peter Schjeldahl
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Examples of daffy in a Sentence
The actress is starring in a daffy new comedy this summer.
The book is filled with daffy characters.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
An inside, off-the-wall slant on independent filmmaking, this dark and daffy movie — the Grand Jury Prize winner in the Dramatic Competition — should be a winner on the art-house circuit but seems unlikely to crack into mainstream venues.
—Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 13 Jan. 2026
Playing the son of Leslie Nielsen’s Lt. Frank Drebin, Neeson kept us in hysterics with a stupid-brilliant barrage of surreal wordplay and daffy slapstick.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 14 Dec. 2025
The Jets and their daffy owner, Woody Johnson, have a long history of dysfunction.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Daffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daffy. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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daffy
adjective
daf·fy
ˈdaf-ē 
daffier; daffiest
: silly, odd, or peculiar usually in an amusing way
a daffy spy story
also
: attracted to or fascinated with
daffy over cars
daffy about stamp collecting
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