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sillinesses

sillinesses is the plural of silliness.

Meaning of silliness

Noun

silliness (countable and uncountable, plural sillinesses)

  1. (uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
    • The first time Tuvy confided his dream to his mates […] they’d howled with cruel laughter at the outrageousness of it, the silliness of it, the impossibility of it.2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 253
  2. (countable) An act that is silly; a result of being silly.

Questions about sillinesses

What is sillinesses the plural of?
Sillinesses is the plural of silliness.

Words near sillinesses in the dictionary

  1. sillimanite
  2. sillimanites
  3. sillimanitic
  4. Sillimans
  5. silliness
  6. sillinesses
  7. sillion
  8. Sillitoe
  9. Sillitoes
  10. Sillman
  11. Sillmans

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