0 a kind, gentle person who is not forceful, looks for the pleasant things in life, and can be easily persuaded to do what you want them to
I suppose that he thinks that they are a lot of softies and crypto-socialists.
We do not want to turn our children into "softies": we want them to fend for themselves.
I travel to and from my constituency via the east coast route rather than traitorously using aeroplanes, which are only for softies and jet-set yuppies.
Given the experience of those of us who appeared before him, he certainly was not a softie.
Those of us who have had the privilege of serving in the other place know what the public are actually saying about "softies".
They are not at all softie stuff, so will he examine those schemes with care before he looks again at benefit sanctions?
I certainly have been accused of being a "softie" in this connection.
I am not a softie towards criminals.
