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groovy

[groo-vee] / ˈgru vi /


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While the nuptials may come with a built-in party, logistics can be anything but groovy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

With 2013’s “Blurred Lines,” Robin Thicke and Pharrell set out to make a groovy single in the vein of Marvin Gaye.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

Arguably the band’s poppiest album, it sounds like groovy Swinging London set to music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Like when I mention the groovy leather jacket Pelinka wore to Doncic’s introductory press conference.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2025

But there were no psychedelic rainbows and groovy words painted on this bus.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2017

With composer Les Baxter setting Sumac’s Andean stylings and symphonic interludes against groovier beats, “Xtabay” bore no resemblance to any Peruvian music I grew up with or have heard on any trip to Peru.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2017

I’m not sure if this should be groovier or nostalgic; it’s somewhere inbetween right now.

From Time ● Jun. 3, 2013

If I can make yours just a little bit groovier, it’ll affect me.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012

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

"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

See who was the grooviest and/or most glamorous at the Grammys on a new “Fashion Police.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2017




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