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Meaning of silly

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  silly
      adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
             going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
             plan for selling more books" [syn: {cockamamie},
             {cockamamy}, {goofy}, {sappy}, {silly}, {wacky},
             {whacky}, {zany}]
      2: lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde";
         "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles" [syn: {airheaded},
         {dizzy}, {empty-headed}, {featherbrained}, {giddy}, {light-
         headed}, {lightheaded}, {silly}]
      3: inspiring scornful pity; "how silly an ardent and
         unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in
         years"- Dashiell Hammett [syn: {pathetic}, {ridiculous},
         {silly}]
      4: dazed from or as if from repeated blows; "knocked silly by
         the impact"; "slaphappy with exhaustion" [syn: {punch-drunk},
         {silly}, {slaphappy}]
      n 1: a word used for misbehaving children; "don't be a silly"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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