silly
ludicrous, foolish
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,198 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,998 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- ludicrous, foolish also: goofy, wacky, whacky, zany wore a goofy hata silly idea
- lacking seriousness; given to frivolity also: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed a dizzy blondelight-headed teenagers
- inspiring scornful pity also: pathetic, ridiculous how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years
- dazed from or as if from repeated blows also: punch-drunk, slaphappy knocked silly by the impactslaphappy with exhaustion
noun
- a word used for misbehaving children don't be a silly
silly in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Its silly wa’s the win’s are strewin’!
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Bill 'ung his 'ead and looked a bit silly.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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Don't your heart look out of your eyes, you silly man?
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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But he was a philosopher, and thought it silly not to be of his time.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It is a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one’s life.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1