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
However, the Venom trilogy is profitable and well-liked as goofy fun for comic fans, even if critics don’t like it.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
But even better than any of these hilarious quotes was the fact that they were all delivered over that goofy Survivor circus music that the show likes to employ in the background when someone is dishing out some of the most oblivious one-liners in franchise history.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
With other people, being monologued at like this might have been hellish, but Welch was a little goofy, quite funny — her laugh is deep, sudden, frequent and startlingly loud.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Schendel added Niamh was humble enough to be goofy and silly without taking things too seriously.
—Nbc Los Angeles, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Paul Tassi, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
But even better than any of these hilarious quotes was the fact that they were all delivered over that goofy Survivor circus music that the show likes to employ in the background when someone is dishing out some of the most oblivious one-liners in franchise history.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
With other people, being monologued at like this might have been hellish, but Welch was a little goofy, quite funny — her laugh is deep, sudden, frequent and startlingly loud.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Schendel added Niamh was humble enough to be goofy and silly without taking things too seriously.
—Nbc Los Angeles, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goofy
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But while the 118 is able to save both Celeste and her mother-in-law’s final resting place, a smug Trent trips and drops the vase, an appropriate punchline to a very silly cold open.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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Read more Today's talkers Take a break from the election with these silly, happy shows.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch is downright giddy about state Democrats' chances to increase their supermajority.Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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So far that's what's happening in Wyoming, Ohio, a fact that left police clerk Jessica Eastham sounding nearly giddy Friday morning.Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2024
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After a full year of fighting, efforts to restore peace have proven futile so far, and mitigating the conflict's worst impacts continues to be a daily struggle.Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2024
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Defending himself, Musk said it was meant merely to highlight how futile such an endeavor would be.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
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“Goofy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goofy. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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