silly
adjective
weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish.
sillily
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a word derived from
silly.
Example Sentences
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After Monty Python, it has been observed that people do indeed walk sillily, as they do other things in a similar fashion.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2014
Adieu," she said, embracing poor old Babet; "I am going back to the place I left so sillily.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 by Various
Lord John Russell, very sillily, promised two years ago a new Reform Bill.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
Well, intriguing is the prettiest, pleasantest thing for a man of my parts.—How shall we laugh at the husband, when he is gone?—How sillily he looks!
From The Constant Couple or, A Trip to the Jubilee by George Farquhar
Still more sillily he introduced one last year, and was deservedly turned out for it.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
