[
UK
/sˈɪli/
]
[ US /ˈsɪɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪɫi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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ludicrous, foolish
some wacky plan for selling more books
wore a goofy hat
a silly idea -
inspiring scornful pity
how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years -
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
silly giggles
light-headed teenagers
a dizzy blonde -
dazed from or as if from repeated blows
knocked silly by the impact
punch-drunk with love
slaphappy with exhaustion
NOUN
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a word used for misbehaving children
don't be a silly
How To Use silly In A Sentence
- Again, one file change can put a little red nose next to all of your headers, turn the text red and even make them display in a silly typeface.
- Du fwhat we cud, we cud not make some av th 'silly fules kape back clear av th' danger-zone -- wimmin an 'all, bedad! The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
- She plays Silly, a Nova Scotian seasprite of girl who is the subject of a marine tragedy of, er, Titanic proportions.
- They're so silly, and they tattle.
- knocked silly by the impact
- he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind
- Perhaps if he hadn't looked so unwontedly silly, then he would have been able to keep it down, but instead he snorted.
- We were all bored silly by the play.
- She was not going to be fooled by their silly voices and accents.
- Now you could dismiss this as "silly season" rumor-mongering, because Dougherty ran as a Democrat and Brewer is a Republican. Francine Hardaway: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Too Sick to Complete a Second Term?