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silly
adj sillier, silliest
- 1. Not sensible; foolish; trivial or frivolous.
- Thesaurus: ridiculous, nonsensical, foolish, absurd, frivolous, stupid, preposterous, hare-brained, fatuous, puerile; Antonym: sensible, wise, mature.
- Example: She laughed herself silly
- Example: The blow knocked him silly
- In a fielding position very near the batsman.
- Example: silly mid-on
- sillies
1. colloq
- A foolish person.
- Form: silly-billy (also)
noun
