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Silly   /sˈɪli/   Listen
Silly

adjective
(compar. sillier; superl. silliest)
1.
Ludicrous, foolish.  Synonyms: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, wacky, whacky, zany.  "Wore a goofy hat" , "A silly idea" , "Some wacky plan for selling more books"
2.
Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.  Synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded.  "Light-headed teenagers" , "Silly giggles"
3.
Inspiring scornful pity.  Synonyms: pathetic, ridiculous.
4.
Dazed from or as if from repeated blows.  Synonyms: punch-drunk, slaphappy.  "Slaphappy with exhaustion"
noun
1.
A word used for misbehaving children.



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"Silly" Quotes from Famous Books



... silly girls occasionally inquired through the newspapers as to "the significance" of the postage stamp when placed in certain positions on the envelope. One paper made reply that to place it anywhere but on the upper right hand corner ...
— Mother's Remedies - Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers - of the United States and Canada • T. J. Ritter
... as silly theatrical sentiment, and much of it is shown in the vulgar, melodramatic acting out of popular songs, as shown by the ...
— The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy. • Various
... touching did the words sound as they fell from Lancy's lips, for genuine feeling was behind them. It was like a passage in a love-story, and where is the person that does not enjoy the repetition of some passages, even though they may, at the same time, pronounce them silly and sentimental in ...
— Miss Dexie - A Romance of the Provinces • Stanford Eveleth
... but if you put him behind the counter a little, he will mend exceedingly. When I was reading the Treaty, I thought all the names of foreign places, viz. Poindicherry, Chandenenagore, Cochin, Martinico, &c, all cessions. Not they—they are all so many traps and holes to catch this silly fellow in, and make a merchant of him! I really think the best way upon this principle would be this:—let the merchants of London open a public subscription, and set him up at once. I hear a great deal respecting a certain ...
— Memoirs of the Life of Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan Vol 2 • Thomas Moore
... vaquero called it the "Huarahua." He told Leon it preyed only on carrion, and never killed its own food; that it was very harmless and tame—which was evidently true, as, shortly after, one of them seated upon a stone allowed the Indian to approach and knock it over with a stick! Such a silly bird ...
— Popular Adventure Tales • Mayne Reid


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