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softy ( also softie) /'sɒfti; US 'sↄ:fti / n ( infml ) ၁။ ( derog ) လူေပ်ာ့။ ငေပ်ာ့။ Don’t be such a softy—you can do it! ၂။ သေဘာေကာင္းသူ။ စိတ္ႏွလံုးႏူးညံ့သူ။ He's a real softie and sometimes people take advantage of him. ❍ Despite her rather severe manner she’s a softy at heart.

Examples

1. ‘This is most probably the image that other university hockey teams have of the warriors - that they are a bunch of academic softies.’
2. ‘Unsurprisingly
3. the whole idea of ‘emotional software’ made by softies really appeals to me.’
4. ‘At six foot five
5. with huge forearms and long legs
6. Brown looks like a bruiser
7. but he's actually a big softy
8. both on and off the track.’
9. ‘Call me an old softy but I love watching Agatha Christie dramatisations on TV
10. specially in the winter and specially when you know it's going to be good.’
11. ‘Giles was ridiculed all over again as a cry-baby and a big softie.’
12. ‘I contacted Great Dane rescue groups
13. posted a pitiful plea on a Yahoo mailing list for injured dogs
14. and asked around at the barn where I volunteered
15. but all the softies out there were full-up on their quota of animals.’
16. ‘The perpetrators involved are not softies
17. they are very tough kids.’
18. ‘I think he enjoyed putting on this gruff manner to frighten people
19. but underneath he was a bit of a softie.’
20. ‘Paula
21. ever the softy
22. decided that Elizabeth deserved a chance.’
23. ‘I've always been a bit of a softy but this place brings out the worst in me in that respect.’
24. ‘Many seemed to have been put off by the steady fall of rain that lasted until half time but umbrellas
25. and even coats
26. were apparently only for softies.’
27. ‘It's not that I'm a big softy
28. but that Whale Rider is so good at showing how a deep abiding love can go hand-in-hand with unyielding harshness.’
29. ‘His temper in the office could be fiery and he might seem a bit hot and bothered but deep down he was a softy.’
30. ‘To think that some people say they are tough guys who will pull out all the stops to win when they are really just a bunch of softies who don't want to embarrass their rivals.’
31. ‘I grew up in a really harsh environment and I am a real softy underneath.’
32. ‘For all their huff and puff
33. and pitbull looks
34. they turn out to be softies.’
35. ‘Unfortunately
36. there are far too many drivers on our roads today who seem to feel that compliance with the regulations is for softies only.’
37. ‘Hardchannel is a softy at heart
38. however
39. with a fondness for traditional American musicals
40. so that he tends to burst into song at unlikely moments.’
41. ‘He was a softy
42. and would have done anything for anybody.’
43. ‘A study has shown that Carlow people are no softies when illness strikes and display much more determination when it comes to fighting their winter woes than the average Irish person.’