Crossword clues for sillier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Silly \Sil"ly\, a. [Compar. Sillier; superl. Silliest.] [OE. seely, sely, AS. s?lig, ges?lig, happy, good, fr. s?l, s?l, good, happy, s?l good fortune, happines; akin to OS. s[=a]lig, a, good, happy, D. zalig blessed, G. selig, OHG. s[=a]l[=i]g, Icel. s?l, Sw. s["a]ll, Dan. salig, Goth. s?ls good, kind, and perh. also to L. sollus whole, entire, Gr. ???, Skr. sarva. Cf. Seel, n.]
Happy; fortunate; blessed. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.-
Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. [Obs.] ``This silly, innocent Custance.''
--Chaucer.The silly virgin strove him to withstand.
--Spenser.A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog.
--Robynson (More's Utopia). -
Weak; helpless; frail. [Obs.]
After long storms . . . With which my silly bark was tossed sore.
--Spenser.The silly buckets on the deck.
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Rustic; plain; simple; humble. [Obs.]
A fourth man, in a sillyhabit.
--Shak.All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
--Milton. Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
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Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.
Syn: Simple; brainless; witless; shallow; foolish; unwise; indiscreet. See Simple.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparativesilly)
WordNet
adj. pungent adjectives of disesteem; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie, cockamamy, goofy, sappy, wacky, whacky, zany, unreasonable]
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded]
inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett [syn: pathetic, ridiculous]
dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" [syn: punch-drunk, slaphappy]
n. a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
See silly
Usage examples of "sillier".
On the other hand, if he was a miracle with animals, he was hell with parents, refusing to suck up to them, positively rude to the sillier ones.
It seemed an absurd idea even as Joseph thought of it, but as he set about contemplating it as a practical matter it looked sillier and sillier to him.
And trying to stand upon his rights as a Master was an even sillier idea.
Jerry hadn’t called as yet and her story, as she wrote it, seemed sillier and sillier.
He had never seen anything sillier, and with so many of them, he could almost feel the air swirling
She was dressed, or rather wrapped, in a blue satin harem outfit which looked kind of silly and would have looked even sillier if she hadn't appeared so menacing.
It was one of the sillier questions, almost as dumb as umpteen dimensions, and it tended to negate the effect of Nut's discourse on Dedekind and Riemann.