silliness
pronunciation
How to pronounce silliness in British English:
UK ['sɪlɪnəs]
How to pronounce silliness in American English:
US ['sɪlɪnəs]
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- Noun:
- a ludicrous folly
- an impulsive scatterbrained manner
Word Origin
- silliness (n.)
- "foolishness," c. 1600, from silly + -ness; a reformation of seeliness, from Old English saelignes "happiness, (good) fortune, occurrence."
Example
- 1. Every technology has created new excess and silliness .
- 2. In time , each silliness has produced its own backlash and subsequent adjustment .
- 3. The silliness of the tease exercise made them self-conscious .
- 4. We do not have time for this kind of silliness .
- 5. With inadvertent silliness , north korea had earlier chaired a un plenary session on disarmament .