silly

sil|ly¹ S3 [ˈsıli] adj comparative sillier superlative silliest

[: Old English; Origin: sAlig 'happy']

1.) not sensible, or showing bad judgment

▪ Stop asking silly questions.

▪ You made a lot of silly mistakes .

▪ I left my keys at home, which was a pretty silly thing to do .

▪ 'Shall we go for a walk?' ' Don't be silly , it's dark.'

2.) stupid in a ↑childish or embarrassing way

▪ I feel so silly in this outfit.

▪ a silly hat

▪ I hate their parties - we always end up playing silly games.

3.) spoken not serious or practical

▪ They served us coffee in these silly little cups.

4.) bore sb silly informal

to make someone extremely bored

5.) drink/scare/laugh etc yourself silly informal

to drink or laugh etc so much that you stop behaving sensibly

>silliness n [U]

silly ²

silly² n spoken

used to tell someone that you think they are not behaving sensibly

▪ No, silly, I didn't mean that.