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Definition of daffy in English: daffyadjectivedaffiest, daffier ˈdafiˈdæfi informal Silly; mildly eccentric. 〈非正式〉傻的，不正常的 another one of his daffy dad's catchphrases Example sentencesExamples - The site missed the news that the distinctively daffy television presenter has been named the top British secret fantasy figure.
- In fact, it is a delightful journey with daffy characters and clever dialogue.
- My own decision two years ago to leave Fleet Street was considered a daffy girl's midlife crisis.
- This account of seemingly genuine claimants, reckless pretenders, daffy charlatans and patently mad pretenders to the French crown is the stuff of high farce.
- Gemma Jones says she enjoyed working on Bootleg ‘enormously’ describing Mrs Bubby as ‘a slightly daffy character’ and very different from her usual role.
- Now, of course, that whole notion does indeed seem pretty daffy, at first and at second sight.
- This morning the minister launched some kind of daffy policy for schools costing more than $300 million.
- She is an actress who has parlayed her adequate talent and impressive energy into a career playing slightly vulnerable, slightly daffy roles.
- Dora is a middle-aged, life-long aspiring actress who brings a mix of daffy flamboyance and tragic loneliness to the household.
- When the film strips down to basics and actually concentrates on its main characters rather than these daffy asides, it's pretty good.
- Elf is a charmingly daffy movie that feels like a leap back in time to more genuinely heart-warming Christmas fare.
- The comedy may be daffy, but it is great fun, and it makes a virtue of its stuck-in-a-lift scenario.
- With her timing and verve, especially in her daffy musical numbers, she has consistently outshone Sarah Michelle Gellar.
- Equally impressive is Marjorie Holder as the effusive, slightly daffy Cecily.
- They're also attractive for his daffy sense of humour and affection for actors dressed up as bears, lions and robots.
- In his next play, After the Fall, he would caricature her as a daffy, needy addict.
- He does, however, occasionally smirk, though he seems to be morphing that mannerism into a daffy eye-rolling gesture reminiscent of Jack Benny.
- Brown said when Maynard first mentioned 10 years ago his plan to fly a model plane across the Atlantic, ‘I have to admit that at first I thought he was daffy.’
- Mozart's late dramma serio per musica ‘La clemza di Tito’ is supposed to be both funny and slightly daffy - and this was no exception.
- The works often delve into the lives of the quirky, the eccentric, and the just plain daffy with comic precision and a certain amount of heartwarming pathos.
Derivativesnoun informal I daren't mention my fears to the Other Half, because whatever charm my daffiness may have held in the early days of our romance, the gilt has definitely worn off the gingerbread since then. Example sentencesExamples - As if taking its clue from its protagonist, the movie evinces a sweetness and a daffiness not usually found in satire.
- Instead, it piles on the daffiness and winsomeness to such an extent that you keep thinking this trio must have trained at the Bridget Jones school of clowning.
- The film's celebration of sheer human daffiness never descends into whimsy.
- Hoping to successfully merge daffiness with doctrine, it has a lot to say about censorship and self-righteousness.
adverb informal
OriginLate 19th century: from northern English dialect daff 'simpleton' + -y1; perhaps related to daft. Definition of daffy in US English: daffyadjectiveˈdafēˈdæfi informal Silly; mildly eccentric. 〈非正式〉傻的，不正常的 Example sentencesExamples - My own decision two years ago to leave Fleet Street was considered a daffy girl's midlife crisis.
- Brown said when Maynard first mentioned 10 years ago his plan to fly a model plane across the Atlantic, ‘I have to admit that at first I thought he was daffy.’
- The comedy may be daffy, but it is great fun, and it makes a virtue of its stuck-in-a-lift scenario.
- They're also attractive for his daffy sense of humour and affection for actors dressed up as bears, lions and robots.
- In his next play, After the Fall, he would caricature her as a daffy, needy addict.
- In fact, it is a delightful journey with daffy characters and clever dialogue.
- This morning the minister launched some kind of daffy policy for schools costing more than $300 million.
- This account of seemingly genuine claimants, reckless pretenders, daffy charlatans and patently mad pretenders to the French crown is the stuff of high farce.
- When the film strips down to basics and actually concentrates on its main characters rather than these daffy asides, it's pretty good.
- Now, of course, that whole notion does indeed seem pretty daffy, at first and at second sight.
- Elf is a charmingly daffy movie that feels like a leap back in time to more genuinely heart-warming Christmas fare.
- Equally impressive is Marjorie Holder as the effusive, slightly daffy Cecily.
- The works often delve into the lives of the quirky, the eccentric, and the just plain daffy with comic precision and a certain amount of heartwarming pathos.
- With her timing and verve, especially in her daffy musical numbers, she has consistently outshone Sarah Michelle Gellar.
- Mozart's late dramma serio per musica ‘La clemza di Tito’ is supposed to be both funny and slightly daffy - and this was no exception.
- He does, however, occasionally smirk, though he seems to be morphing that mannerism into a daffy eye-rolling gesture reminiscent of Jack Benny.
- Dora is a middle-aged, life-long aspiring actress who brings a mix of daffy flamboyance and tragic loneliness to the household.
- She is an actress who has parlayed her adequate talent and impressive energy into a career playing slightly vulnerable, slightly daffy roles.
- Gemma Jones says she enjoyed working on Bootleg ‘enormously’ describing Mrs Bubby as ‘a slightly daffy character’ and very different from her usual role.
- The site missed the news that the distinctively daffy television presenter has been named the top British secret fantasy figure.
OriginLate 19th century: from northern English dialect daff ‘simpleton’ + -y; perhaps related to daft. |