daffier; daffiest
: silly or strange often in a way that is funny
a daffy comedy/character
her daffy charm
As a hotshot physician stranded in the daffy small town of Grady, S.C., Michael J. Fox performs with his usual Swiss-watch timing.—
Owen Gleiberman
Owen GleibermanBut the most successful of her paintings assuage all doubts. They are congeries of daffy cartoonish shapes in stretched canvas or jigsawed wood, thickly painted in rich, loud, chafing colors and arrayed on the wall in roughly rectangular layouts.—Peter Schjeldahl
Peter SchjeldahlExamples of daffy in a Sentence
The actress is starring in a daffy new comedy this summer.
The book is filled with daffy characters.
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At one party, the camera catches Elizabeth’s slightly daffy mother (Brenda Blethyn) somewhat tipsily walking through the crowd while eating a bowl of dessert.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
In his first film, Kilmer starred as rockabilly teen idol Nick Rivers in the daffy spy spoof Top Secret!
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.
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For devoted fans of Bridget Jones — the daffy dame at the center of both a popular series of novels and their attendant film adaptations — sequel mileage very much varies.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
In his first film, Kilmer starred as rockabilly teen idol Nick Rivers in the daffy spy spoof Top Secret!
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
No matter how daffy some of it is, the production has the important factor of clarity; a quality that the great stage director Peter Hall used to say is a vital component of any revival of a classic.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
For devoted fans of Bridget Jones — the daffy dame at the center of both a popular series of novels and their attendant film adaptations — sequel mileage very much varies.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for daffy
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“Daffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daffy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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daffy
adjective
daf·fy
ˈdaf-ē 
daffier; daffiest
: silly, odd, or peculiar usually in an amusing way
a daffy spy story
also
: attracted to or fascinated with
daffy over cars
daffy about stamp collecting
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