silly
silly Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Having or showing a lack of common sense or sound judgment; foolish or absurd.
"The children giggled at the clown's silly antics during the birthday party."
Trivial, trifling, or unworthy of serious consideration.
"They wasted the entire afternoon arguing over a silly misunderstanding."
Stunned, dazed, or incapacitated to the point of losing the ability to think clearly, typically as the result of a blow or extreme exertion.
"He knocked himself silly when he accidentally walked straight into the glass door."
British In cricket, designating a fielding position unusually close to the batter and therefore exposed to some danger.
"The captain moved the fielder in to silly mid-off to increase pressure on the nervous batter."
• noun
A foolish or playful person, often used affectionately as a mild form of address (especially to a child).
"Put your shoes on the right feet, you little silly."
• Rhymes for silly
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'sælig' ('happy, blessed, fortunate'), derived from 'sæl' ('happiness, good fortune'); over centuries the meaning shifted from 'blessed' to 'innocent', 'helpless', 'weak', and finally 'foolish'.