Etymology: [ si-lE ] (adjective.) 14th century. Phonetic variant of seely, related to soul.
From Old English *sǣliġ, "blessed", (attested only in form ġesǣliġ), from Proto-Germanic *sēlīgaz. Cognate with West Frisian sillich, Dutch zalig, German selig.
foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling, simple, not intelligent, refined, Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant, of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short, irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors, semiconscious, witless, Pitiable; deserving of compassion; helpless, playful, giggly, a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly, sely, goofy, goofball, daft, Harmless; innocent; inoffensive, stupid, foolish; nonsensical, frivolous; trivial; shocked, stunned, dazed (Informal), stupid person, foolish person; word used for children who behave improperly, Happy; fortunate; blessed, Weak; helpless; frail, Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question, Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman, Rustic; plain; simple; humble, If you say that someone or something is silly, you mean that they are foolish, childish, or ridiculous. My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this That's a silly question. used to tell someone that you think they are not behaving sensibly, a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly", until the point of distraction, foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom, half-conscious, dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion", inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett, pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books", lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles", An act that is silly; a result of being silly, That which is perceived as silly or frivolous, anserous, a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior", stupidity, foolishness; quality of being nonsensical, frivolousness, an impulsive scatterbrained manner, The quality or state of being silly,
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foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling - "I made a very silly mistake."
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simple, not intelligent, refined - "John was prosperous and his helpless, silly father could be of no use to him."
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Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant - "For, if we justly call each silly man / A little island, What shall we call thee than?"
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of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
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irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors - "What a silly kid, he's always getting in trouble."
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semiconscious, witless - "The impact of the ball knocked him silly."
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Pitiable; deserving of compassion; helpless - "A silly man, in simple weedes forworne, / And soild with dust of the long dried way; / His sandales were with toilesome trauell torne, / And face all tand with scorching sunny ray ."
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playful, giggly - "The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames."
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a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly
stupid person, foolish person; word used for children who behave improperly isim
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Happy; fortunate; blessed
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Weak; helpless; frail
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Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question
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Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman
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Rustic; plain; simple; humble
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If you say that someone or something is silly, you mean that they are foolish, childish, or ridiculous. My best friend tells me that I am silly to be upset about this That's a silly question. used to tell someone that you think they are not behaving sensibly
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a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
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until the point of distraction
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foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom
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half-conscious
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dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
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inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
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pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
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lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
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silliness
An act that is silly; a result of being silly
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silliness
That which is perceived as silly or frivolous
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silly.
anserous
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silliness
a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
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silliness
stupidity, foolishness; quality of being nonsensical, frivolousness isim
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