silly

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[ UK /sˈɪli/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪɫi/ ]

ADJECTIVE

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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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?

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