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groovy

[groo-vee] / ˈgru vi /


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Sullivan said his son was "not a gang member", but a "groovy 21-year-old who loved movies and making films".

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

I also had one of those groovy chrome arched floor lamps.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 10, 2026

Their global audience grew rapidly following a groovy, playful Tiny Desk concert for NPR in October 2024; the video has pulled in more than 45 million views.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 14, 2025

“I’m Still Here” travels us to groovy 1970s Rio de Janeiro to befriend a wealthy, loving family who throw their mansion’s doors open for everyone, until the new regime’s secret police barge inside.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 24, 2025

If, of course, your definition of groovy is sensory overload.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen

One of the groovier manifestations of truly spontaneous musical creation is the Buchla Music Easel, introduced in 1973: a modular analog synthesizer, a looping sequencer and a touch-plate keyboard.

From Washington Post Nov. 11, 2019

The “Scotland, PA” songs are mostly ’70s pastiche, groovier, rootsier, more rockish tunes than the American-songbook-inspired numbers of “Ordinary Days.”

From New York Times Oct. 8, 2019

"The danger is that a new challenger, which looks younger and groovier, arrives and steals your limelight."

From BBC Nov. 1, 2017

They've all tapped a groovier vibe than the DJ and producer's previous releases.

From Time Jun. 27, 2017

A slow-burning track with an insistent funk vibe, it presented a groovier sound for the band, one that drove passers-by to full-on dance mode.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 13, 2015

With the Vietnam War leading many Americans to think the nation had “lost its way,” Mr. Sutton takes us through the greatest hits of that grooviest of decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

Channel your inner 1960s darling — or superhero — in Prada’s grooviest, most out-of-this world pair of sunglasses yet.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2025

"Bodyguard" might not be the flashiest song on Beyoncé's sprawling 27-track country debut "Cowboy Carter" but it's definitely one of the grooviest.

From Salon Dec. 28, 2024

The terrific first single is one of her grooviest, “Made Up Mind,” with slinky slide chords and bluesy riffs.

From Seattle Times Apr. 18, 2022

"When are 'quarantine soul train' videos going to be a thing? Everyone dresses up in their grooviest outfits and posts their own soul train dance?!?!" another wrote.

From Fox News Apr. 1, 2020




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