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Definition of sappy:

  • (adjective) ludicrous, foolish;
  • (adjective) abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"

Sentence Examples:

Joe could think of nothing to say that wasn't sappy, so he said nothing.

It was a sappy May day.

He had sat under him all his life, and was sappy with his teaching.

Oh, you are sappy!

The hot air was steeped in strong sappy perfumes, which made one's head swim.

The old maples are even now scarred with the rude cuts you gave them in sappy March.

"What do you mean by sappy?"

Don't get sappy.

Like all of its kindred, the Bubble Bug finds Nirvana in a sappy green stem.

This is why a green, sappy pine pole soon sinks in "driving" (floating down stream).

If the immature, sappy wood is caught by an early frost, severe injury may result.

The cutting was still fresh and sappy.

Palms should be watered as regularly, though not so often, as more sappy plants.

This was getting painful for Sappy.

It is not especially valuable for timber, because it is too sappy.

Very brief mention of a lesbian couple in a sappy metaphysical novel about Lost Atlantis.

The sappy one set the leg and withdrew, programming a call for the next day.

The sappy one thought that Rattlesnake Sanders had added insanity to a broken leg.

The sappy one waxed exceedingly bitter, and spoke freely of Cimarron Bill.

A wet soil freezes deeply and trees standing in it are sappy throughout the winter.

Towards the top the young leaf is yellowish, but below and in the middle, of sappy green.

This must be of selected stock, hard and free from knots or sappy places.

"Of all the sappy hiding places!"

They are not altogether sappy.