Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being silly; foolishness; senselessness; weakness of understanding; extreme simplicity; absurd or contemptible folly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being silly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable That which is perceived as
silly orfrivolous . - noun countable An act that is
silly ; a result of beingsilly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an impulsive scatterbrained manner
- noun a ludicrous folly
Etymologies
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Examples
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And this Pink Army silliness is about Sheehan and not the source of the supposed statement.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”? 2010
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There is a battle and they gain the day, and then modesty, which they call silliness, is ignominiously thrust into exile by them, and temperance, which they nick-name unmanliness, is trampled in the mire and cast forth; they persuade men that moderation and orderly expenditure are vulgarity and meanness, and so, by the help of a rabble of evil appetites, they drive them beyond the border.
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There is a battle and they gain the day, and then modesty, which they call silliness, is ignominiously thrust into exile by them, and temperance, which they nickname unmanliness, is trampled in the mire and cast forth; they persuade men that moderation and orderly expenditure are vulgarity and meanness, and so, by the help of a rabble of evil appetites, they drive them beyond the border.
The Republic 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855
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There is a battle and they gain the day, and then modesty, which they call silliness, is ignominiously thrust into exile by them, and temperance, which they nick-name unmanliness, is trampled in the mire and cast forth; they persuade men that moderation and orderly expenditure are vulgarity and meanness, and so, by the help of a rabble of evil appetites, they drive them beyond the border.
The Republic of Plato Plato 1763
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The fact that such silliness is even making it to news headlines is, at the very least, disturbing.
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But the one that overtakes them all for histrionics and flat-out silliness is the one that jumped up and down, flapped its arms feverishly and cried out: Curva muy muy muy peligrosa — very, very, very dangerous curve ahead.
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All this silliness is going to reach a fever pitch by Sunday morning on the talk shows.
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Now that that silliness is over where is Tim Vaculik and that other little fellow to explain to me about this republican led state exodus tax ….
Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform 2010
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What I think feeds this sword-silliness is the same derailed train of thought that insists on Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, Dukes, Barons, Doges, Counts, and on and on and on.
When What We Think We Know, Is Actually Wrong at SF Novelists 2009
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Such silliness is great for the ratings, but pul-ese!
Amateur Editors Ahoy! p_n_elrod 2009
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