goody-goody
Example Sentences
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Even non-comic book fans know that the hero born Kal-El on Krypton was always a goody-goody who stood up to bullies and protected the downtrodden.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025
She elevates the role which, frankly, is a little thin: the sweet, high-ponytailed, goody-goody who doesn't even have her ears pierced.
From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022
“I’ve been fighting that goody-goody stuff for years, because if you let people make you out to be perfect there just ain’t no margin for error,” he told his children.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2021
A: She told her editor on that book, “I’m tired of writing about goody-goody creatures.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2016
And I had learned an important lesson: If you were going to survive in jail, the goody-goody stuff had to go.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
