daffy

Example Sentences

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This is something far more daffy and useless: The brouhaha over unrequited affections between Seattle Mariners at the World Baseball Classic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

Some wizard just proposed fixing this daffy, diluted, far-too-long 16 team playoff by making it 24 teams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Han knows he must exaggerate Min’s daffy naivete to get us to buy into his zeal to live in a small shack with noncommittal Chris.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025

“Oh, Mary!,” a madcap comedy that imagines Mary Todd Lincoln as a daffy alcoholic, is selling out nightly at a 295-seat theater in the West Village, and is likely to transfer to Broadway this summer.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Noah and I are about eight and dressed in matching sailor outfits looking totally daffy.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson