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- adverb In a
goofy manner.
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Examples
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They are kind of goofily romantic and they fall hard for everything and they spend their last penny on a lot of truck, you know.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Ben Hecht 1929
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Joseph Millson also captures exactly the shy, goofily smiling tentativeness of the dentist who is afraid of total commitment.
Review | Theatre | Rocket to the Moon | Venue | Michael Billington 2011
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There was Mark, in all his geeky glory, grinning goofily in a black-and-white photo.
Jerry Zezima: "Get the Picture?" Jerry Zezima 2010
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When Cooper finally released me, I leaned back and grinned goofily down at him.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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There was Mark, in all his geeky glory, grinning goofily in a black-and-white photo.
Jerry Zezima: "Get the Picture?" Jerry Zezima 2010
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Romance is also key to Blimp, which begins in the midst of World War II and flashes back after Blimp/Candy is held underwater in that Turkish bath and a voice intones rather goofily "40 years ago...40 years ago..." to the early 1900s.
Michael Giltz: Movies: "Blimp" Is Back! British Gem Is Beautifully Restored Michael Giltz 2011
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When Cooper finally released me, I leaned back and grinned goofily down at him.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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When Cooper finally released me, I leaned back and grinned goofily down at him.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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"Our Idiot Brother"—not "My" or "Your" or "Their" idiot brother—is goofily funny, and silly, and in many ways follows the currents of contemporary comedy into the gulf stream of inanity.
'Idiot Brother': Silly, Satirical and Smart John Anderson 2011
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In other clips, he acted inoffensively, if goofily.
Week in Ideas Christopher Shea 2011
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