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 Definitions of SILLY  [ˈsɪl i]  

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Definition of 'SILLY' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) silly
weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish.

2.  silly
absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical.

3.  silly
stunned; dazed:
He knocked me silly.

4.  silly
Archaic. rustic; plain; homely.

5.  silly
Archaic. weak; helpless.

6.  silly
Obs. lowly in rank or state; humble.

7. (n.) silly
Informal. a silly or foolish person.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; ME sely, orig., blessed, happy, guileless, OE gesaelig happy, der. of sael happiness; c. D zalig, G selig)

Definition of 'SILLY' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) silly
a word used for misbehaving children
"don't be a silly"

2. (adj) cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky, whacky, zany
ludicrous, foolish
"gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"

3. (adj) airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
"a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"

4. (adj) pathetic, ridiculous, silly
inspiring scornful pity
"how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett

5. (adj) punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy
dazed from or as if from repeated blows
"knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"


Definition of 'SILLY' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) silly
stupid and childish
Stop being silly now.; It'd be silly to give up now.

2.  silly
unimportant
It's just a silly sticker - why get upset?


Definition of 'SILLY' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) SILLY
happy; fortunate; blessed

2. (noun) SILLY
harmless; innocent; inoffensive

3. (noun) SILLY
weak; helpless; frail

4. (noun) SILLY
rustic; plain; simple; humble

5. (noun) SILLY
weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman

6. (noun) SILLY
proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question


Translation of 'SILLY' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: foolish; not sensible
Don't be so silly!; silly children.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: simpel Arabic flag Arabic: سَخيف، ساذَج، أحْمَق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: глупав
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tolo Czech flag Czech: hloupý German flag German: albern
Danish flag Danish: tåbelig; fjollet Greek flag Greek: ανόητος Spanish flag Spanish: tonto, bobo
Estonian flag Estonian: rumal Farsi flag Farsi: نادان Finnish flag Finnish: hupsu
French flag French: bête, idiot Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְטוּפָּש Hindi flag Hindi: अल्पबुद्धि
Croatian flag Croatian: budalast, luckast Hungarian flag Hungarian: ostoba Indonesian flag Indonesian: konyol
Icelandic flag Icelandic: heimskur, kjánalegur Italian flag Italian: sciocco, stupido Japanese flag Japanese: ばかな
Korean flag Korean: 어리석은 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kvailas Latvian flag Latvian: muļķīgs; muļķa-
Malay flag Malay: bodoh Dutch flag Dutch: dwaas Norwegian flag Norwegian: fjollet, tosket
Polish flag Polish: głupi Persian flag Persian: نادان Pashto flag Pashto: بيړا، ساده، كم عقل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tolo Romanian flag Romanian: stupid, prost Russian flag Russian: глупый; неразумный
Slovak flag Slovak: hlúpy, pochabý Slovenian flag Slovenian: neumen Serbian flag Serbian: blesav
Swedish flag Swedish: dum, enfaldig Thai flag Thai: โง่ Turkish flag Turkish: aptal, ahmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 愚蠢的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дурний, недоумкуватий Urdu flag Urdu: بے وقوف
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngờ nghệch, ngớ ngẩn Chinese flag Chinese: 傻的

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