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adjective

Silly adj. (compar. sillier; superl. silliest)

Happy; fortunate; blessed. (Obs.)

Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. (Obs.) "This silly, innocent Custance." "The silly virgin strove him to withstand." "A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog."

Weak; helpless; frail. (Obs.) "After long storms... With which my silly bark was tossed sore." "The silly buckets on the deck."

Rustic; plain; simple; humble. (Obs.) "A fourth man, in a sillyhabit." "All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep."

Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.

Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.

Synonyms: Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet. See Simple.

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"Silly" Quotes from Famous Books

... I was so silly? When madre was talking to him last night, and when I was singing my pretty serenade, he heard nothing at all. He was thinking his ...

— Remember the Alamo • Amelia E. Barr

... "You silly woman! Is that all? I shall have a cold in my head. Bitter weather. He's dog-tired after yesterday—processions, three speeches, kindergarten, lecture on 'the moon,' article on cooperation. That's his style." It was also Grodman's style. He ...

— The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes • Israel Zangwill

... So has he all saints; as a boy his kite, Which ever struggles higher for his hold. It is a silly devil to gripe so hard;— He should let go his hold, and then he has you. If you'll not come, I'll leave the light with you. Hark to the chorus! ...

— The Poetical Works of George MacDonald in Two Volumes, Volume I • George MacDonald

... come dreary winter days, When summer roses fall And lie, forgot, in withered drifts Along the garden wall; If all the wreaths a lover weaves Turn thorns upon the brow,— Then out upon the silly fool ...

— The Home Book of Verse, Vol. 2 (of 4) • Various

... I fly away from my nest for awhile! I will teach no more Birds to build nests. I cannot teach a silly Turtle-Dove who will not learn. I heard him sing just now ...

— A Study of Fairy Tales • Laura F. Kready

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