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Silly (adjective)
Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
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Silly (adjective)
Blessed, particularly:
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Silly (adjective)
Absurdly large.
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Silly (adjective)
Good; pious.
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Silly (adjective)
Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
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Silly (adjective)
Holy.
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Silly (adjective)
Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
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Silly (adjective)
Helpless, defenseless.
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Silly (adjective)
Insignificant, worthless, especially with regard to land quality.
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Silly (adjective)
Weak, frail; flimsy use concerning people and animals is now obsolete.
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Silly (adjective)
Simple, plain, particularly:
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Silly (adjective)
Sickly; feeble; infirm.
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Silly (adjective)
Rustic, homely.
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Silly (adjective)
Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:
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Silly (adjective)
Lowly, of humble station.
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Silly (adjective)
Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.
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Silly (adjective)
Thoughtless, lacking judgment.
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Silly (adjective)
Mentally retarded.
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Silly (adjective)
Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
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Silly (adverb)
Sillily: in a silly manner.
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Silly (noun)
A silly person.
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Silly (noun)
A term of address.
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Silly (noun)
A mistake.
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Sully (verb)
To soil or stain; to dirty.
“sowl|q1=obsolete”
“He did not wish to sully his hands with gardening.”
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Sully (verb)
To corrupt or damage.
“She tried to sully her rival’s reputation with a suggestive comment.”
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Sully (verb)
To become soiled or tarnished.
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Sully (noun)
A blemish.
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Silly (adjective)
having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish
“another of his silly jokes”
“‘Don’t be silly!’ she said”
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Silly (adjective)
ridiculously trivial or frivolous
“he would brood about silly things”
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Silly (adjective)
used to convey that an activity or process has been engaged in to such a degree that someone is no longer capable of thinking or acting sensibly
“he often drank himself silly”
“his mother worried herself silly over him”
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Silly (adjective)
(especially of a woman, child, or animal) helpless; defenceless.
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Silly (adjective)
denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman
“silly mid-on”
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Silly (noun)
a foolish person (often used as a form of address)
“come on, silly”