silly

adjective · adverb · nounA2

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

silliersilliest

Superlative

selyseely

1.
Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
They were laughing at a silly joke.
silly grin
2.
(chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed, particularly:
3.
(Northern England, Scotland, rare)(now chiefly Scotland and Northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly:
The fire raging upon the silly Carcase.
4.
(now rustic UK, rare) Simple, plain, particularly:
5.
Mentally simple, foolish, particularly:
6.
(cricket, of a fielding position) Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.
Carpenter now placed himself at silly-point for Grundy, who was playing very forward.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

sillier

Superlative

silliest

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

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sillies

1.
(colloquial)A silly person.
While they, poor sillies, bid good night, O' love an' bogles eerie.
2.
(endearing)(endearing, gently derogatory) A term of address.
‘Come on, silly,’ said Nannie.
3.
(colloquial)A mistake.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

charmingplayful charming

Trái nghĩa

piousplayful pious

Cùng gốc / liên quan

nonsillysillificationsillycidalsillyficsillyheadsillyhood sillyish sillyismsillykinsillykinssillylyunsillyplay silly beggarsplay silly buggerssillily sillinesssilly beansilly billysillycidesilly goose

Từ có viền nét liền là đã có mục từ; viền nét đứt là chưa có trong dữ liệu.

Topic liên quan

🎭Personality

Nguồn gốc từ

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