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(sĭl'ē) pronunciation
adj., -li·er, -li·est.
  1. Exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish. See synonyms at foolish.
  2. Lacking seriousness or responsibleness; frivolous: indulged in silly word play; silly pet names for each other.
  3. Semiconscious; dazed: knocked silly by the impact.

[Middle English seli, silli, blessed, innocent, hapless, from Old English gesælig, blessed.]

sillily sil'li·ly (sĭl'ə-lē) adv.
silliness sil'li·ness n.

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though formally correct, is too awkward for normal use and is usually replaced by the phrase in a silly way or by other one-word adverbs such as foolishly or stupidly.

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Definition: absurd, giddy, foolish
Antonyms: mature, mundane, practical, rational, sensible, serious, wise

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IN BRIEF: adj. - Lacking seriousness; Ludicrous, foolish.

pronunciation Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly. — Diogenes

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - dum, idiotisk, enfoldig, simpel
n. - fæ

idioms:

  • silly season    agurketid

Nederlands (Dutch)
dwaas, dom, onnozel, lichtzinnig, onzinnig, onbenullig, flauw

Français (French)
adj. - idiot, stupide, ridicule, astronomique
n. - idiot

idioms:

  • the silly season    (GB, Journ) période creuse (pénurie d'informations pour la presse qui se contente alors de frivolités)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - albern, töricht, dumm
n. - Dummkopf

idioms:

  • the silly season    Sauregurkenzeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανόητος, βλακώδης, γελοίος, απερίσκεπτος
n. - ανόητος

idioms:

  • silly season    καλοκαιρινή περίοδος ειδησεογραφικής ανομβρίας

Italiano (Italian)
matto, stupido, balordo, puerile

idioms:

  • silly season    l'estate snotiziata

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tolo, disparatado
n. - imbecil

idioms:

  • silly season    jornalismo não importante durante verão devido poucos fatos políticos

Русский (Russian)
несмышленыш, неразумный, одуревший, оглушать, ошеломлять

idioms:

  • silly season    мертвый сезон

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tonto, bobo, estúpido, necio, insensato, fútil, ridículo, absurdo
n. - persona tonta

idioms:

  • the silly season    pleno verano cuando los periódicos publican material trivial, temporada alta en el verano

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - dum, enfaldig, tokig, idiotisk, medvetslös
n. - dumbom, dummerjöns, dumsnut

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
愚蠢的, 失去知觉的, 无聊的, 呆子, 傻瓜

idioms:

  • silly season    新闻缺乏时期

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 愚蠢的, 失去知覺的, 無聊的
n. - 呆子, 傻瓜

idioms:

  • silly season    新聞缺乏時期

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 어리석은, 기절한, (크리켓) 수비 위치가 타자 위컷에 극도로 접근한
n. - 바보, 멍청이

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 愚かな, ばかげた, ぼけた, 打者に極端に近い, 気絶した, 馬鹿な
n. - おばかさん, 馬鹿

idioms:

  • silly season    夏枯れ時

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) سخيف, بسيط, ساذج (الاسم) شخص أحمق أو سخيف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮טיפשי, מגוחך, רפה-שכל, המום, הלום-חבטה‬
n. - ‮טיפש, עונת המלפפונים (בעיתונות)‬


 
 

 

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