Silly
//ˈsɪl.i//
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The word "silly" can be used as adjective, noun, adjective and adverb.
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play silly beggars play silly buggers sillily silliness silly bean silly billy silly goose silly me silly mid off silly mid on silly money silly o'clock silly pill silly point silly putty silly sausage silly season silly slicing silly straw silly string silly window syndrome silly-how sillycidal sillycide strike me silly
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amusing appearance batsman blessed bowler close compassion daze facing foolish foolishness good holy homely humble inspiring judgment lacking laughable lowly manner mentally mentally retarded person pious pitiful plain rustic senseless short sillily simple station stunned stupefied thoughtless uneducated unlearned very
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