adjective, noun
adjective (sillier, silliest)
1 showing a lack of thought, understanding or judgement
SYNFOOLISH:
a silly idea / question * That was a silly thing to do! * Her work is full of silly mistakes. * 'I can walk home.' 'Don't be silly-it's much too far!' * You silly boy! * How silly of me to expect them to help!
2 stupid or embarrassing, especially in a way that is more typical of a child than an adult
SYNRIDICULOUS:
a silly sense of humour * a silly game / joke * I feel silly in these clothes. * She had a silly grin on her face. * (especially BrE) I got it for a silly price (= very cheap).
silliness noun [U]:
Stop this silliness and get back to work!
IDIOMS
drink, laugh, shout, etc. yourself silly (informal) to drink, laugh, shout, etc. so much that you cannot behave in a sensible way
play silly buggers (BrE, informal) to behave in a stupid and annoying way:
Stop playing silly buggers and give me a hand with this!
moreatGAMEn.
noun (also less frequent silly billy) [sing.] (spoken) often used when speaking to children to say that they are not behaving in a sensible way:
No, silly, those aren't your shoes!
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for silly is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does silly appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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