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sillily - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
sillily (comparative more sillily, superlative most sillily) (dated or hypercorrect) In a silly manner; foolishly . The man walked down the street so sillily that many a bystander stopped and stared slack-jawed.
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SILLILY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
in a way that shows little thought or judgment: She smiled more falsely and sillily than ever. He was enjoying the enchantment of being sillily in love.
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SILLY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SILLY is exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment. How to use silly in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Silly.
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sillily
sillily, adv. (ˈsɪlɪlɪ) [f. silly a. + -ly2.] † 1. Poorly, badly. Obs. rare.1581 Mulcaster Positions xxxv. (1887) 126 The soule it selfe is but sillyly looked to, while the bodie is in price. 1611 Cotgr., s.v. Manger, He that makes himselfe simple shall be sillily vsed. 2. In a foolish, absurd, or s...
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What's the adverb form of silly? : r/grammar - Reddit
The short answer is that it's "sillily". The long answer is that no one uses that because it looks and sounds... silly.
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SILLILY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
In a silly or senseless manner.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Balatro
carried their jesting to market, even into the very depth () of the shambles () may be connected with , "to bleat like a sheep", and hence, to speak sillily
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Are the words "sillily", "uglily", "friendlily", "livelily", etc., valid English?
sillily [ˈsɪlɪlɪ], adv. Etymology: f. silly a. + -ly 2. Poorly, badly. Obs. rare. ... In a foolish, absurd, or senseless manner. ... So it has ...
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Sillily - Oxford Reference
though formally correct, is too awkward for normal use and is usually replaced by the phrase in a silly way ... Access to the complete content on ...
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sillily, adv. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
The earliest known use of the adverb sillily is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for sillily is from 1581, in the writing of Richard Mulcaster, ...
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What is another word for sillily? | Sillily Synonyms - WordHippo
In a manner demonstrating a lack of good judgment. Adverb for silly in a childish way. Adverb for ridiculously trivial or frivolous.
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Silly - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Silly describes something that can't be taken seriously. You might not mind telling silly jokes, but you don't want to be told a project you've worked hard ...
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humorously
ˈhumorously, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a humorous manner. a. Capriciously, fantastically; peevishly. arch. b. Facetiously, jocosely.1603 Chettle Eng. Mourn Garm. B iij, Too humorously affected to the Roman gouernement. 1611 Cotgr., Bigearrement, odly, humorously, fantastically. a 1686 Calamy (J.), ...
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Polyester Girl
the album Unit, Regurgitator frontman Quan Yeomans cited Polyester Girl, stating "it's one of those throwaway things that was done so quickly and so sillily
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silly
▪ I. silly, a., n., and adv. (ˈsɪlɪ) Forms: 5 syly, 6 sylie, silie, 7 sily; 6 cillie, 6–7 sillie (6 -ye), 5– silly; 6–7 sylly (6 -ye). [Later form of ME. sely seely a.] From c 1550 to c 1675 silly was very extensively used in senses 1–3, and in a number of examples it is difficult to decide which sh...
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