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Goody-goody
Mawkishly or weakly good; exhibiting goodness with silliness.
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Similar meaning 2
Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…
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50% interchangeable
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Possessing desirable qualities; adapted to answer the end designed; promoting success, welfare, or happiness; serviceable; useful; fit; excellent; ad…
oewn 2023
50% interchangeable
Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.
Broader term 4
One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.
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An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
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An informer; a talebearer.
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A mean flatterer; a toadeater; a sycophant.
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