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Word entry · 5 letters

silly

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"Foolish"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪl.i/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted illsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
1S2I3L4L5Y

Definitions

  1. dazed from or as if from repeated blows

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • They were laughing at a silly joke.
  • silly grin
  • This is the silliest stuffe, that euer I heard.

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