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# groovy

adjective (groovy, groovier, grooviest) — slang, dated

«groovy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (slang, dated) Groovy means cool, fashionable, exciting or very nice; it was popular in the 1960s and 1970s and now often sounds funny or old-fashioned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#m1)
2. (rare) Groovy means having grooves (lines cut into a surface). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life children hear it from grandparents, in old films or as a joke: «Groovy, man!». In stories it shows a character from the hippie era or someone trying to sound cool. It tells the reader approval in a playful way.

### Examples

- That's a groovy shirt, Grandad! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#x1)
- «Groovy!» said the hippie in the cartoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#x2)
- We danced to some groovy 70s music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#x3)
- Your new bike is pretty groovy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#x4)
- The party had groovy lights and a disco ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#x5)
- Dad still says «groovy», and we all laugh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/#x6)

### Note

Slang, dated — not for formal writing. Comparative: groovier, grooviest. From «in the groove», meaning playing music well. Today «cool» is the usual word; «groovy» is often used ironically.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «groovy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/groovy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«groovy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/groovy.html) on Mova free.