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Example sentences from the Web for softieIt made him sound like a softie, he said, a mischaracterization that he wanted to correct. A Former Ambassador to Pakistan Speaks Out|Tara McKelvey|November 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST After that we dropped the 'Softie,' and re-named him 'Amen-who-shied-that-boot?' Cornish Saints and Sinners|J. Henry Harris "You know well enough that Merriwell is no softie," returned Harry, rather warmly. Frank Merriwell at Yale|Burt L. Standish He is a kind of softie—all alive on one side of his brain, and a noodle on the other. Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
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noun plural softiesinformal a person who is sentimental, weakly foolish, or lacking in physical endurance Words nearby softiesoft ground, soft hail, soft-headed, soft-hearted, soft hyphen, softie, soft in the head, soft iron, softish, soft job, softkey Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to softiecordial, good-humored, amiable, even-tempered, friendly, gracious, good-hearted, innocuous, simple, naive, powerless, gentle, innocent, inoffensive, painless, nontoxic, fool, turkey, laughingstock, target |