noun
- A word used for misbehaving children.
- usage: "don't be a silly"
adjective
- Ludicrous, foolish.
- usage: "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
- Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity.
- usage: "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
- synonyms: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded
- Inspiring scornful pity."how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years- Dashiell Hammett
- synonyms: pathetic, ridiculous
- Dazed from or as if from repeated blows.
- usage: "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
- synonyms: punch-drunk, slaphappy
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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