silliness
IPA: sˈɪɫinʌs
noun
- (uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
- (countable) An act that is silly; a result of being silly.
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Examples of "silliness" in Sentences
- Such silliness is great for the ratings, but pul-ese!
- All this silliness is going to reach a fever pitch by Sunday morning on the talk shows.
- And this Pink Army silliness is about Sheehan and not the source of the supposed statement.
- The fact that such silliness is even making it to news headlines is, at the very least, disturbing.
- Now that that silliness is over where is Tim Vaculik and that other little fellow to explain to me about this republican led state exodus tax ….
- What I think feeds this sword-silliness is the same derailed train of thought that insists on Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, Dukes, Barons, Doges, Counts, and on and on and on.
- But the one that overtakes them all for histrionics and flat-out silliness is the one that jumped up and down, flapped its arms feverishly and cried out: Curva muy muy muy peligrosa — very, very, very dangerous curve ahead.
- There is a battle and they gain the day, and then modesty, which they call silliness, is ignominiously thrust into exile by them, and temperance, which they nickname unmanliness, is trampled in the mire and cast forth; they persuade men that moderation and orderly expenditure are vulgarity and meanness, and so, by the help of a rabble of evil appetites, they drive them beyond the border.
- There is a battle and they gain the day, and then modesty, which they call silliness, is ignominiously thrust into exile by them, and temperance, which they nick-name unmanliness, is trampled in the mire and cast forth; they persuade men that moderation and orderly expenditure are vulgarity and meanness, and so, by the help of a rabble of evil appetites, they drive them beyond the border.
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