Meaning & use
Goofiness
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The quality of being silly, awkward, or comically foolish.
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The show's charm comes from the main character's endless goofiness.
Her goofiness made even the most boring meetings bearable.
A note on using this word
A light-hearted, affectionate word usually implying harmless or endearing foolishness rather than genuine stupidity.
Words with a similar meaning
sillinessfoolishness
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Words with an opposite meaning
seriousness
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