as in silly
lacking in seriousness or maturity
it's not appropriate to be goofy at a funeral
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Recent Examples of goofy
Nicolas Winding Refn’s second collaboration with Gosling could have been goofy as hell.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
But don’t let that demure and goofy personality fool you!
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Plus, the movie is simply too goofy and good-natured for any of its feminist agitation to land.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
As inherently goofy as the practice is—imagine Andy Reid pacing the sidelines in full shoulder-pads-and-helmet regalia, or Mike Brown rocking shorts and a tank top at the Garden—baseball would be diminished in some small way if the managers decided to start wearing street clothes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
But don’t let that demure and goofy personality fool you!
—Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Plus, the movie is simply too goofy and good-natured for any of its feminist agitation to land.
—Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
As inherently goofy as the practice is—imagine Andy Reid pacing the sidelines in full shoulder-pads-and-helmet regalia, or Mike Brown rocking shorts and a tank top at the Garden—baseball would be diminished in some small way if the managers decided to start wearing street clothes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goofy
Adjective
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The group never uses the word unless there is something silly going on.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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For Grabinski, what unites all of these projects is the fine art of creating a world that is emotionally smart yet deeply silly, fun, and expressive.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Lanzone, 55, finally got his chance after the private equity firm Apollo Global Management paid $5 billion to take over Yahoo in September 2021 — a fraction of its peak $125 billion market value reached during the dot-com boom’s giddy days in early 2000.—
Michael Liedtke,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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The Braves have every reason to feel giddy about their latest Sale investment.—
Gabriel Burns,
AJC.com,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But past attempts to achieve similar solutions proved futile.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2026
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But the question of what is true or not is futile, even if Calle deliberately provokes this curiosity.—
Elisa Wouk Almino
Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Goofy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goofy. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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