- Silliness
- Silliness Sil"li*ness, n. The quality or state of being silly. [1913 Webster]
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Silliness
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silliness — silly ► ADJECTIVE (sillier, silliest) 1) lacking in common sense or judgement; foolish. 2) trivial or frivolous. 3) Cricket denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman: silly mid on. ► NOUN (pl. sillies) informal ▪ … English terms dictionary
silliness — noun see silly … New Collegiate Dictionary
silliness — See sillily. * * * … Universalium
silliness — noun a) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous. b) An act that is silly; a result of being silly … Wiktionary
silliness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, tomfoolery, zaniness. Informal: craziness. See ABILITY … English dictionary for students
silliness — sil·li·ness || sɪlɪnɪs n. stupidity, foolishness; quality of being nonsensical, frivolousness … English contemporary dictionary
silliness — n. Simplicity, folly … New dictionary of synonyms
silliness — sil·li·ness … English syllables
silliness — See: silly … English dictionary
silliness — noun 1. a ludicrous folly the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown s behavior • Syn: ↑absurdity, ↑fatuity, ↑fatuousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑silly, ↑fatuous (for … Useful english dictionary
