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silly

Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK

Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

They were laughing at a silly joke.
Origin: From , sēlī, from , ġesǣliġ, from , from *sāli; equivalent to . . The semantic evolution is “lucky” to “innocent” to “naive” to “foolish”. Compare the similar evolution of daft (originally meaning “accommodating”), and almost the reverse with nice (originally meaning “ignorant”). Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “This is one of my favourite films combining silly, and touching perfectly”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Stephen Taylor thinks prosecuting war crimes in Rwanda and Yugoslavia and serving as the UN human rights commissioner is ... what? Silly stuff by the Davos set? Sorry, I want someone on TV to verbally smack him.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “As if rules mattered before. Silly bastard.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Ts subreddit is mostly robophobic wannabe gen zs with "silly cars" humor 🥀🥀🥀🥀 I thought this subbredit would be tuffer 🥀✌️”

    — r/GenAlpha· Apr 2026
  • “How do you convince your family to get a laptop Silly idea kind of but still”

    — r/GenZ· Apr 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK

(now, chiefly, Scottish, and, northern England, rare) Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly.

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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK

(chiefly, Scottish, obsolete) Blessed, particularly.

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  • “it's shit like this used to make gay art seen "lesser" because "oh it's just those silly stupid horny WOMEN, they can't actually write anything deep and meaningful so don't take them seriously"”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “My silly little bank holiday off xx”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “If Tony had any legit authority to veto silly hair choices made for heel heat, there'd have been at least half a dozen fewer Young Bucks cuts that would have made it to TV 🤼”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Hmm... We'll have to save that for another story. Ah, I'm running short on time. Need to head back with that silly dog of mine. I'll share the rest with you next time!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It’s their fault for interrupting his Xanax time to ask silly number questions.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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