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
Golden retrievers in particular are known for their affectionate and goofy personalities.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The goofiest character often has the hardest time being seen as something else, like Gilligan.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
Pair over Bluetooth, drop a shot into the app, add a collage frame or goofy sticker, and in half a minute, a wide-format print pops out.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 27 May 2025
Willy Memnon, who is endearingly played by Coleman Ray Clark as goofy, childlike and incompetent.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
The goofiest character often has the hardest time being seen as something else, like Gilligan.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2025
Pair over Bluetooth, drop a shot into the app, add a collage frame or goofy sticker, and in half a minute, a wide-format print pops out.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 27 May 2025
Willy Memnon, who is endearingly played by Coleman Ray Clark as goofy, childlike and incompetent.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for goofy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for goofy
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Alas, during one night siege (silly enough to not scare the little ones, even as the entire village repeatedly goes up in flames), Hiccup aims his weapon at the shape of a Night Fury (no one, we’re told repeatedly, as ever really seen one), shoots, and … what!—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 June 2025
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Still, sometimes Forrest’s demands seemed nitpicky, silly even.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
8 June 2025
Adjective
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Attendees had the chance to film themselves posing against the canola field backdrop from When Life Gives You Tangerines or jumping high into the air like a giddy Thanos with the aid of a Squid Game trampoline.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Castillo’s short novel is a giddy character study of an unpleasant young male type.—
Jasmine Vojdani,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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The fight against short-term rentals, after all, can be futile.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
6 June 2025
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But without Congress actually enacting the DOGE cuts into law, history will show this entire exercise to have been largely futile.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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“Goofy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goofy. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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