silliest
silliest is the superlative form of silly.
silliest is the comparative degree of silly.
Meaning of silly
Adjective
silly (comparative sillier, superlative silliest)
- Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
- They were laughing at a silly joke.
- Good; pious.
- The sylyman lay and herde, / And hys wyf answerd.a. 1450, Seven Sages, line 1361
- Holy.
- ... thrie Saturdayes befor Lambas and thrie efter called the six silie Saturdayes.1650 in 1885, W. Cramond, Church of Rathven, 21
- Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly
- The fire raging upon the silly Carcase.1556 in 1880, William Henry Turner, Selections from the Records of the City of Oxford... 1509–83, 246
- Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.
- There is no best in þe word, I wene... / That suffuris halfe so myche tene / As doth þe sylly wat.a. 1475, in 1925, Rossell Hope Robbins, Secular Lyrics of the 14th & 15th Centuries, 109
Questions about silliest
- What is silliest the superlative form of?
- Silliest is the superlative form of silly.
Words near silliest in the dictionary
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