sillily

sil·ly

S s

Definitions of sillily word

adjective sillily weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish: a silly writer. 1
adjective sillily absurd; ridiculous; irrational: a silly idea. 1
adjective sillily stunned; dazed: He knocked me silly. 1
adjective sillily Cricket. (of a fielder or the fielder's playing position) extremely close to the batsman's wicket: silly mid off. 1
adjective sillily Archaic. rustic; plain; homely. 1
adjective sillily Archaic. weak; helpless. 1

before 1375

One of the 22% oldest English words

1375-1425; earlier sylie, sillie foolish, feeble-minded, simple, pitiful; late Middle English syly, variant of sely seely

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer