softy
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"He was loving and caring, he loved all of his family, he was a big softy when it came to animals and his nephews and nieces."
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Until recently, D’Amaro had mastered another Wambsgansian trait: the ability to play softy while the CEO fielded the outrage from visitors and investors that ensued thanks to these incidents.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026
For all her professional bravado, among those closest to her, Silverman is known as a sentimental softy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2023
He’s admittedly a softy when it comes to young fans that want his autograph or get his picture taken with him.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
She is always telling the three of us how strong we are—which is all kinds of hilarious considering what a softy Isabella is.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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That year, the crown price of softies, Drake, scored this first Top 10 single with “Best I Ever Had.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Brandi’s kinda pushing us that way, we’re kinda softies now that we’re old, but Brandi wants to go there.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
Clinicians at London's Royal Marsden hospital hope the softies will help patients in non-white communities.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2022
Like Buster, he too has posted on Facebook to brand the tormentors as softies.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2015
I wouldn't have come into your garden, only, you see, I'd just skeered by accident two of your helps, reg'lar softies, and I wanted to explain.
From Tales of Trail and Town by Bret Harte