Wondering how to use Silly in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as cockamamie or giddy.
Silly meaning
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- Absurdly large.
Synonyms of Silly
Silly vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Silly
- The main meaning on this page is: Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. | Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance. | Absurdly large.
- Useful related words include: cockamamie, light-headed, giddy, featherbrained.
- Possible Dutch translations are: ondoordacht, dom, ondeugend.
- In the example corpus, silly often appears in combinations such as: silly and, and silly, the silly.
Context around Silly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Silly
- In this selection, "silly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sounds, looks, making, putty, woman and hats stand out and add context to how "silly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include activity citation silly putty shown and all that silly. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "silly" sits close to words such as attitudes, borrowing and carson, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with silly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Silly catchphrases can produce not so silly income. (8 words)
Silly nicknames convey affection while also being silly and endearing. (10 words)
It's also full of silly fun, from creatively silly courses to the ridiculous tandem bike mode. (17 words)
What is your opinion of the one silly troll who seems to believe that the only team in the NFL having a system is the patriots and that if that silly opinion is mentioned countless times that it will some how discredit the accomplishments of Tom Brady? (47 words)
Each of these memorials includes a silly turn of phrase or pun, giving the wait for the ride a macabre but silly element that does a good job of teasing the ride's overall aesthetic and approach. (37 words)
A couple of silky breaks by flyhalf Santiago Carreras and a silly off-the-ball shoulder tackle by Wales' Josh Adams gave Pumas sharpshooter Emiliano Boffelli two easy penalties to slot at the end of the half. (37 words)
What is your opinion of the one silly troll who seems to believe that the only team in the NFL having a system is the patriots and that if that silly opinion is mentioned countless times that it will some how discredit the accomplishments of Tom Brady? (47 words)
Example sentences (20)
Each of these memorials includes a silly turn of phrase or pun, giving the wait for the ride a macabre but silly element that does a good job of teasing the ride's overall aesthetic and approach.
While a -inspired gang sounds silly on paper, and certainty looks silly in these videos, they’re become a violent nuisance for Ukranians.
On one occasion I heard the duke say, 'Oh, do shut up, you silly woman', and the Queen replied, 'I am not a silly woman, I am the Queen'.
Silly nicknames convey affection while also being silly and endearing.
Also, they don't have silly hats, but I've already said that I like the silly hats.
Amanda Elliott, chairperson of the Victoria Racing Club, dismissed him a few months ago as "a silly little man making silly decisions".
It's also full of silly fun, from creatively silly courses to the ridiculous tandem bike mode.
Sports are full of silly superstitions, but the notion that the NHL’s President’s Trophy is jinxed isn’t all that silly.
Silly catchphrases can produce not so silly income.
Then there was the bed situation on Vuku, of course it was as silly moment in the game but it wasn’t silly for me.
This silly ☕️ drawing that was just added as a silly example for our sketchpad Easter egg has bothered me more than anything today.
What is your opinion of the one silly troll who seems to believe that the only team in the NFL having a system is the patriots and that if that silly opinion is mentioned countless times that it will some how discredit the accomplishments of Tom Brady?
Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill-manners; it is the manner in which the mob express their silly joy at silly things; and they call it being merry.
Newer papers with soy-based inks are more resistant to this activity. citation Silly Putty shown as a solid cube Generally, Silly Putty is difficult to remove from textured items such as hair and clothing.
Silly Putty egg Silly Putty is sold as a convert piece of clay inside an egg-shaped plastic container.
A BBC Strictly Come Dancing star has said "don't be silly" and clapped back at speculation he and his pro could have a romance.
A brainbuster on the floor knocks Endo silly and it’s a neck crank into a neckbreaker back inside.
A couple of silky breaks by flyhalf Santiago Carreras and a silly off-the-ball shoulder tackle by Wales' Josh Adams gave Pumas sharpshooter Emiliano Boffelli two easy penalties to slot at the end of the half.
And I actually think that really what you should be focusing on is not like passive and active because I think that that’s a silly debate anymore, we’ve kind of talked about it.
As a smart device, however, you have a wider range of functionalities at your fingertips like setting alarms or getting answers to both silly and serious questions.
Common combinations with silly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- silly and 26×
- and silly 17×
- the silly 15×
- of silly 10×
- as silly 7×
- that silly 7×
- silly for 7×
- silly but 7×
- be silly 6×
- silly it 6×