silly
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈsɪli/
- Informal
- Someone that's silly, someone that's fun, and someone who will drink and dance with me.
Examples
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The children were being a bit silly as they played tag in the park.
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My little brother can be quite silly when he tells jokes at the family dinner.
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For the most part, people like me, silly, silly Russian kids like me with a dream.
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Hey, I am your silly uncle.
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Yeah, silly boy in my bottle suit.
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That is just a silly, silly notion.
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You big sillies!
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Brent, tell these sillies that girls don't fart.
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After a long day, she enjoyed watching her friends act silly at the party.
Synonyms
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4.1
A playful child who likes to play tricks
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9.9
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.5
A person who is silly and not serious
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8.8
A person who acts in a silly or foolish way
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9.5
A childish name used to call someone silly
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8.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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9.1
A playful insult for a person who acts silly
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9.9
A foolish person who makes simple mistakes
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9.9
A person who acts silly and playful
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9.9
A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes
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9.9
A silly person who does not act seriously
A person who behaves in a silly, playful way
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
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6.5
A late summer time when newspapers and TV run silly, unimportant stories
How Mischievous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Silly as a noun (a child who is behaving foolishly) simply comes from the adjective that moved from 'innocent' to 'foolish', so calling someone 'a silly' is a light, often playful way to say they are acting like a harmless fool.