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sillyish

sillyish adjective: somewhat silly.

Adjective

sillyish (comparative more sillyish, superlative most sillyish)

  1. Somewhat silly.
    • We were all infinitely good humoured, but rather sillyish; for every one was full of themselves, though each asked questions of the other, about which they did not care a pinch of snuff to be informed.2013 September 23, Frances Sheridan, Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Broadview Press, →ISBN, page 114

Forms of sillyish

comparativemore sillyish
superlativemost sillyish

Origin of sillyish

From silly + -ish.

Questions about sillyish

What does sillyish mean?
Sillyish means somewhat silly.
What part of speech is sillyish?
Sillyish is an adjective.

Words near sillyish in the dictionary

  1. sillyfics
  2. sillyhead
  3. sillyheads
  4. sillyhood
  5. sillyhoods
  6. sillyish
  7. sillyism
  8. sillyisms
  9. sillykin
  10. sillykins
  11. sillyly

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