silly
21silly — /ˈsɪli / (say silee) adjective (sillier, silliest) 1. lacking good sense; foolish; stupid. 2. absurd or ridiculous. 3. Cricket (of a fielding position) close in to the batsman s wicket: silly mid off. 4. Colloquial (euphemistic) ineffectual;… …
22silly — adj. 1) silly about 2) silly to + inf. (it was silly of her to say that) 3) (misc.) to make smb. look silly * * * [ sɪlɪ] (misc.) to make smb. look silly silly about silly to + inf. (it was silly of her to say that) …
23silly — sillily, adv. silliness, n. /sil ee/, adj., sillier, silliest, n., pl. sillies. adj. 1. weak minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer. 2. absurd; ridiculous; irrational: a silly idea. 3. stunned; dazed: He knocked me silly …
24silly — adjective (sillier; est) Etymology: Middle English sely, silly happy, innocent, pitiable, feeble, from Old English sǣlig, from sǣl happiness; akin to Old High German sālig happy Date: 14th century 1. archaic helpless, weak 2. a. rustic, plain …
25silly — adjective (sillier, silliest) 1》 lacking in common sense or judgement; foolish. 2》 trivial or frivolous. 3》 archaic helpless; defenceless. 4》 Cricket denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman: silly mid on. noun (plural sillies)… …
26silly — 1. adjective 1) don t be so silly Syn: foolish, stupid, unintelligent, idiotic, brainless, mindless, witless, imbecilic, doltish; imprudent, thoughtless, rash, reckless, foolhardy, irresponsible; mad, scatterbrained …
27silly*/ — [ˈsɪli] adj 1) not intelligent or sensible a silly mistake[/ex] You ve been very silly.[/ex] 2) not important Don t get upset over silly things that people say.[/ex] 3) unsuitable and annoying because it makes you seem stupid or like a child a… …
28silly — 1. adjective /ˈsɪli/ a) foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling. A silly man, in simple weedes forworne, / And soild with dust of the long dried way; / His sandales were with toilesome trauell torne, / And face all… …
29silly — Synonyms and related words: Pickwickian, absurd, airy, apish, asinine, balmy, batty, bedazzled, befooled, beguiled, benumbed, besotted, blockhead, bonehead, booby, brainless, buffoonish, catchpenny, childish, clod, clot, cockeyed, crazy,… …
30silly — adjective 1) don t be so silly Syn: foolish, stupid, scatterbrained, frivolous, inane, immature, childish, empty headed; informal dotty, scatty 2) that was a silly thing to do Syn: unwise …
