English

Etymology

Phonetic variant of .

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'sIlI/
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-silly.ogg

• : Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪli|-ɪli

Adjective

1. foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom.
2. : I made a very silly mistake.
3. irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.
4. : What a silly kid, he's always getting in trouble.
5. playful, giggly.
6. : The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames.
7. half-conscious.
8. : The impact of the ball knocked him silly.
9. of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
10. simple, not intelligent, refined.
11. : John was prosperous and his helpless, silly father could be of no use to him.

Translations

• Finnish: typerä, hölmö
• Hebrew: ,

• Japanese: {{t|ja|馬鹿げた|tr=bakageta|sc=Jpan}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|глупый|tr=glúpyj|sc=Cyrl}}

• Finnish: hölmö, ajattelematon, vastuuton

• Japanese: {{t-|ja|馬鹿な|tr=baka na|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|阿呆な|tr=aho na|sc=Jpan}}

• Finnish:
• German:

• Japanese: {{t|ja|つまらない|tr=tsumaranai|sc=Jpan}}
• Russian: {{t+|ru|глупышка|tr=glúpyj|sc=Cyrl}}

• Finnish:

• Finnish: ,

• Japanese: {{t-|ja|馬鹿な|tr=baka na|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|阿呆な|tr=aho na|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|愚鈍な|tr=gudon na|sc=Jpan}}

• : 愚蠢的, 糊塗的, 無聊的
• : dom, ondoordacht, onzinnig
• : sensenca, stulteta
• : idiot, imbécile, bête, ridicule

• : tolol, dungu
• : folle
• : necio, bobo, simple, absurdo, insensato, tonto

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