Silly Definition
sĭlē
sillier, sillies, silliest
adjective
sillier, silliest
Simple; plain; innocent.
Webster's New World
Feeble; infirm; helpless.
Webster's New World
Having or showing little sense, judgment, or sobriety; foolish, stupid, absurd, ludicrous, irrational, etc.
Don't be silly, it's no bother.
Webster's New World
Feebleminded; imbecile.
Webster's New World
Frivolous or trivial.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- slaphappy
- punch-drunk
- cockamamy
- whacky
- zany
- wacky
- sappy
- goofy
- cockamamie
- giddy
- featherbrained
- dizzy
- light-headed
- lightheaded
- empty-headed
noun
sillies
A silly person.
Webster's New World
(colloquial) A mistake.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Silly
Noun
Singular:
silly
Plural:
silliesAdjective
Base Form:
silly
Comparative:
sillier
Superlative:
silliestOrigin of Silly
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Phonetic variant of seely. From Old English *sǣliġ, "blessed", (attested only in form ġesǣliġ), from Proto-Germanic *sēlīgaz. Cognate with West Frisian sillich, Dutch zalig, German selig. More at sely.
From Wiktionary
Middle English seli, silli blessed, innocent, hapless from Old English gesælig blessed
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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