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silliness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | giddiness |
| Type of | frivolousness, frivolity |
| Has types | lightsomeness, lightness |
| Derivation | silly |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness |
| Type of | folly, unwiseness, foolishness |
| Derivation | silly |
Examples of silliness
silliness
Even with all its boring silliness, the movie opened at No. 1 at the box office.
From the kansas.com
Her through-the-looking-glass fantasy is silliness with a hint of transcendence.
From the freep.com
Her silliness is about the only unpredictable thing that can happen on the show.
From the sltrib.com
Winona Ryder, Gretchen Mol and Paul Rudd join in the semi-blasphemous silliness.
From the time.com
Stockinger liked how Castner would defuse tense moments with a little silliness.
From the jsonline.com
One thing we should anticipate above all else is a wonderful sense of silliness.
From the expressandstar.com
Higher-end sensibilities blend well with the silliness of theatre du teppanyaki.
From the timesunion.com
It's a mechanic that supplies near-endless driving fun and much comic silliness.
From the guardian.co.uk
Therefore we can infer that silliness is not very high in the echelon of values.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Absurdity: a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"
- Giddiness: an impulsive scatterbrained manner
- (silly) a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"
- (silly) cockamamie: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
- (silly) airheaded: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"
- (silly) pathetic: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years"- Dashiell Hammett
- (silly) punch-drunk: dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion"
- (Silly (band)) Silly is a German rock band. Founded in East Germany in the year 1978, Silly was one of the country's most popular music acts, and was well known for its charismatic lead singer Tamara Danz. ...
- Silly (Dutch: Opzullik) is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Silly had a total population of 7,995. The total area is 67.68 square kilometres (26.13u00A0squ00A0mi) which gives a population density of 118 inhabitants per kmu00B2.
