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nonsilly

nonsilly adjective: not silly.

Adjective

nonsilly (not comparable)

  1. Not silly.
    • Clearly I have a duty to say why design strikes me as a nonsilly hypothesis, and even as a simple and attractive one.1986, Ernan McMullin, Evolution and Creation

Origin of nonsilly

From non- + silly.

Questions about nonsilly

What does nonsilly mean?
Nonsilly means not silly.
What part of speech is nonsilly?
Nonsilly is an adjective.

Words near nonsilly in the dictionary

  1. nonsilicon
  2. nonsilicone
  3. nonsiliconized
  4. nonsilicotic
  5. nonsilk
  6. nonsilly
  7. nonsilver
  8. nonsilvered
  9. nonsimilar
  10. nonsimilarity
  11. nonsimilarly

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