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Silly meaning in English
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Silly
see synonyms of sillyNoun
1. silly
a word used for misbehaving children
Example Sentences:'don't be a silly'
Adjective
2. cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
ludicrous, foolish
Example Sentences:'gave me a cockamamie reason for not going''wore a goofy hat''a silly idea''some wacky plan for selling more books'
3. airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Example Sentences:'a dizzy blonde''light-headed teenagers''silly giggles'
4. pathetic, ridiculous, silly
inspiring scornful pity
Example Sentences:'how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years'
5. punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy
dazed from or as if from repeated blows
Example Sentences:'knocked silly by the impact''slaphappy with exhaustion'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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