sillily

adv
/ˈsɪlɪli/

Etymology

From silly + -ly.

  1. inherited from *sālīg
  2. inherited from sǣliġ
  3. inherited from seely
  4. suffixed as sillily — “silly + ly

Definitions

  1. In a silly manner

    In a silly manner; foolishly.

    • The man walked down the street so sillily that many a bystander stopped and stared slack-jawed.
    • Even 'Che Isa [...] had behaved sillily, making up to married men.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sillily. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA