Examples

256 sentences

  1. I suppose it's a bit silly.

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  2. This is all a bit silly.

    ruВсё это немного глупо. — marafon

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  3. I guess it sounds a bit silly.

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Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial, regional)Sillily: in a silly manner.

Origin

From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), fro

From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie.

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Forms

sillier, silliest
Comparativesillier
Superlativesilliest

regular

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

6 patterns
  • silly questions
  • asking silly questions
  • a bit silly
  • a silly question
  • bit silly
  • asking silly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
silkysillsillinesssilosilt

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