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Meanings of goofy in English

Ludicrous, foolish.

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      Examples for "silly"
      Examples for "silly"
      1
      He looked silly enough in truth; but he never bothered about it.
      Jean-Christophe, Volume I
      2
      I was silly to be mixed up with it in the beginning.
      The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
      3
      Lay aside affected, silly etiquette for the natural dictates of the heart.
      Searchlights on Health: The Science of Eugenics
      4
      They were just silly, ordinary fussinesses; they had no sense in them.
      The Old Wives' Tale
      5
      The idea of yonder silly creature being the companion of a MAN.
      A Face Illumined
      1
      The months ahead are likely to start on a rather wacky note.
      The South African
      2
      A few years ago, a company called Spaceflight had a wacky plan.
      Wired
      3
      One year I even participated in, and won, the wacky wellies competition.
      The Irish Times
      4
      As wacky as that is, it does have a link to reality.
      Reuters
      5
      And did he accept that signing the petition was a bit wacky?
      Radio NZ
      1
      On the practice courts another really zany Team Murray forfeit going on.
      The Guardian
      2
      Feet prints:The revival of Celia Birtwell and her zany prints continues apace.
      The Irish Times
      3
      So there he caught me lying like a zany on the ground.
      Moonfleet
      4
      She had been so wild and zany when he first met her.
      Lightning
      5
      The tone is as zany and as thoughtful as everything he writes.
      The Irish Times
      1
      And as sappy as it may sound, I love living in love.
      Reuters
      2
      But in suburban California, only sappy, ostentatious Kinkades get treated like art.
      The whole world: a novel
      3
      The wind had got into the sou' west, too- adeliciousair, sappy!
      Five Tales
      4
      The best way to honor mothers is not with sappy sentimentality.
      Feminist dot com
      5
      I don't want to sound sentimental or sappy, she's worth more than that.
      The Guardian
      1
      But they do have a whacky scheme and a pair of Hitler's cufflinks.
      The Irish Times
      2
      She was known as Mad Madge for her seemingly whacky theories.
      Radio NZ
      3
      Am I being a whacky parent, or were there others that thought like me?
      Reuters
      4
      By Joe Schmidt standards, it seems almost wild and whacky.
      The Irish Times
      5
      The Chief muttered, Something whacky here... come round, you!
      Space Tug
      1
      What do we tell nice children about their ugly scribbles and cockamamie ideas?
      The new yorker
      2
      What kind of a cockamamie Life is this for me?
      Further adventures
      3
      That cockamamie story about the ball, that's bullshit.
      The Yankee Years
      4
      Where to begin with this cockamamie tale?
      Reuters
      5
      Conscious on one side of the net, subconscious on the other, serving some cockamamie image back and forth.
      The Shining
      1
      Or is it part of some cockamamy story dreamed up by the ISA?
      The Complete Rama Omnibus
      2
      "This whole cockamamy scheme that the two of you should spend time together," Bryan explained.
      Michael's discovery
      Usage of goofy in English
      1
      Do they really need to wear what are often pretty goofy-looking caps?
      The Irish Times
      2
      I mean, he looks goofy, and he's got that great deadpan delivery.
      Feminist dot com
      3
      The doll's worth a lot more without the shoes and goofy platform.
      Goodbye dolly
      4
      It was a goofy plan, but that meant Alex would love it.
      The Vanished
      5
      John Biggs at Techcrunch wrote: Nokia is famous for making goofy phones.
      The Guardian
      6
      Strange as it seemed, it all made some goofy kind of sense.
      Silent killer
      7
      I had recently been offered two comedy pilots-bothwere for goofy dads.
      A Life in Parts
      8
      I think people didn't realize how goofy Paulie was off the field.
      The Yankee Years
      9
      As that demonstrates, Matafeo's comedy is goofy and fun-loving as a priority.
      The Guardian
      10
      She let loose with what she feared was a completely goofy grin.
      Take a Chance on Me
      11
      Which is you described me in that piece as almost goofy looking.
      The new yorker
      12
      His own cheek was reddening now, but he managed a goofy grin.
      Swan Song
      13
      Or it was a goofy time with foam swords and false bravado.
      Wired
      14
      It was a goofy-looking thing, but it was a smile, I guess.
      Mortal Allies
      15
      This goofy performance cracked up the whole team, even Jenny and Harrow.
      You can't stop me
      16
      You don't even wear a goofy wig or a hat for disguise.
      The abduction
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