n.
The quality or state of being silly.
silliness
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noun
- Foolish behavior: absurdity, folly, foolery, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, insanity, lunacy, madness, nonsense, preposterousness, senselessness, tomfoolery, zaniness. Informal craziness. See ability/inability.
| WordNet: silliness |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a ludicrous folly
Synonyms: absurdity, fatuity, fatuousness
Meaning #2:
an impulsive scatterbrained manner
Synonym: giddiness
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