silly

IPA: sˈɪɫi

noun

  • (colloquial) A silly person.
  • (endearing, gently derogatory) A term of address.
  • (colloquial) A mistake.

adjective

  • Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
  • (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.
  • (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed
  • Good; pious.
  • Holy.
  • (now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion
  • (now literary) Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
  • (now literary) Helpless, defenseless.
  • Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.
  • Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).
  • Sickly; feeble; infirm.
  • (now rustic UK, rare) Simple, plain
  • Rustic, homely.
  • (obsolete) Lowly, of humble station.
  • Mentally simple, foolish
  • (obsolete) Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.
  • Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
  • (Scotland) Mentally retarded.
  • Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.
  • (cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.

adverb

  • (now regional or colloquial) Sillily: in a silly manner.
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Examples of "silly" in Sentences

  • The clown made silly jokes.
  • They thought it is silly to decentralize.
  • Of course, it was a silly and sorrowful war.
  • All of the the other issues are plain silly.
  • Also, the sectioning of the campaigns is silly.
  • Any arguement to the contrary is mute and silly.
  • This claim is immoderate, exaggerated, and silly.
  • It's silly and downgrades the quality of the article.
  • It is a mixture of the serious and the silly, deliberately.

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