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silliness
[ sil-ee-nis ]
noun
- the quality of lacking good sense; foolishness:
The author pokes fun at herself and the general silliness of celebrity culture.
Her blog cuts through the contradictions, misinformation, and downright silliness out there about naturopathy.
- absurdity, ridiculousness, or irrationality:
This “no-touch” policy occasionally devolves into silliness, as when a teacher hesitates to help a five-year-old zip up a jacket.
- clownish, whimsical, or exaggerated humor and playfulness; unrestrained high spirits:
Our sessions included a lot of chatter, laughter, and silliness—exactly what sitting around a table playing games with friends is all about.
Word History and Origins
Origin of silliness1
Example Sentences
Besides the blatant silliness of it all, it does raise some questions—and not about sex.
Suddenly, collective greatness was sacrificed for individual silliness, with each week marking a Very Special Episode.
Amy Zimmerman on the ridiculous plot, over-the-top tone, and unabashed silliness viewers seem to love.
Yesterday, I wrote about the silliness of requiring a file clerk to have a college degree.
People are hurting, people died, and the time for silliness, debate, and procedural motions is over.
He stared at the vision wonderingly and long, and then he began to laugh with the scorn of soberness and the silliness of drink.
This Dorothy is a thoroughly ingenuous young person, naïvely outspoken to the point of silliness.
That which I defend is the superiority of nature to us: that which I fight against is the conceited silliness of certain persons.
The subject matter is older than Ovid, and how many poems has it led to every silliness, every vulgarity!
In each of its little scallops a family of empty chairs sat facing the stage in solemn silliness.
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