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Definitions for Silliness
[1] weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer.
[2] absurd; ridiculous; irrational: a silly idea.
[3] stunned; dazed: He knocked me silly.
[4] Cricket . (of a fielder or the fielder's playing position) extremely close to the batsman's wicket: silly mid off.
[5] Archaic . rustic; plain; homely.
[6] Archaic . weak; helpless.
[7] Obsolete . lowly in rank or state; humble.
[8] Informal . a silly or foolish person: Don't be such a silly.
[9] lacking in good sense; absurd
[10] frivolous, trivial, or superficial
[11] feeble-minded
[12] dazed, as from a blow
[13] obsolete homely or humble
[14] (modifier) cricket (of a fielding position) near the batsman's wicket silly mid-on
[15] Also called: silly-billy plural -lies informal a foolish person
Words related to Silliness
sillystupidity, absurdity, foolishness, craziness, goofiness, ineptitude, senselessness, inanity, puerility
Words nearby Silliness
sillysillery, silliman, sillimanite, sillitoe, sills, silly, silly billy, silly putty, silly season, silly-sider, sillyweed
Origin of Silliness
y1375–1425; earlier sylie, sillie foolish, feeble-minded, simple, pitiful; late Middle English syly, variant of sely seely
Other words from Silliness
sil·li·ly , adverb
sil·li·ness , noun
un·sil·ly , adjective
Word origin for Silliness
yC15 (in the sense: pitiable, hence the later senses: foolish): from Old English sǣlig (unattested) happy, from sǣl happiness; related to Gothic sēls good
Synonyms for Silliness
absurdity, craziness, foolishness, goofiness, stupidity, inanity, ineptitude, puerility, senselessness, inaneness