silly
/ˈsɪli/
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Translation
Not sensible or serious; behaving in a foolish or funny way.
Word origin
From Old English saelig, meaning happy or blessed, whose sense later changed to foolish.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- saelig
Examples
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Here "silly" means funny and not serious.
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"Silly" describes something foolish or not sensible.
; act.
Here "silly" means acting in a foolish way.
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