Definizione monolingua

silly

silly (plural sillies)

1. (colloquial) A silly person; a fool.
2. (colloquial) A mistake.

silly (comparative sillier, superlative silliest)

1. (obsolete) Pitiable; deserving of compassion; helpless.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.vi:

     A silly man, in simple weedes forworne, / And soild with dust of the long dried way; / His sandales were with toilesome trauell torne, / And face all tand with scorching sunny ray [...].

2. (obsolete) Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.
   • 1633, John Donne, ""Sapho to Philænis"":

     For, if we justly call each silly man / A little island, What shall we call thee than?

3. foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling.

   I made a very silly mistake.

4. irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.

   What a silly kid, hes always getting in trouble.

5. playful, giggly.

   The newlyweds called each other silly little nicknames.

6. semiconscious, witless.

   The impact of the ball knocked him silly.

7. (cricket) of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short
8. (pejorative) simple, not intelligent, refined.

   John was prosperous and his helpless, silly father could be of no use to him.

Definizione dizionario silly

	sciocco
	foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom
	pejorative: simple, not intelligent, refined

stupido

anormale

assurdo

buffo

divertente

fatuo

grullo

ignorante

imbecille

matto

melenso

mentecatto

pazzo

pirla

ridicolo

scemo

scempio

stolto

tonto

Altri significati:

A state in which a group of people is continuously making silly jokes, that can nevertheless lead to laughing fits as a reaction. Under the right circumstances, the state can maintain itself or be induced in others contageously. The use of weed (Cannabis sativa) promotes the state in some individuals, but it can also be induced by a joke or reference to an (earlier) funny event.

irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors

playful, giggly.

(colloquial) A mistake.

irresponsible, showing irresponsible behaviors.

semiconscious

(pejorative) simple, not intelligent, refined.

foolish, showing a lack of good sense and wisdom; frivolous, trifling.

(obsolete) Pitiable; deserving of compassion; helpless.

(cricket) of a fielding position, very close to the batsman; closer than short

(obsolete) Simple, unsophisticated, ordinary; rustic, ignorant.

Lacking in intelligence.

Showing a lack of good sense, wisdom or forethought.

semiconscious, witless.

(colloquial) A silly person; a fool.

playful, giggly