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sillyness

sillyness is the alternative spelling 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.

Origin of sillyness

From silly + -ness.

Questions about sillyness

What is sillyness the alternative spelling of?
Sillyness is the alternative spelling of silliness.

Words near sillyness in the dictionary

  1. sillyism
  2. sillyisms
  3. sillykin
  4. sillykins
  5. sillyly
  6. sillyness
  7. sillyton
  8. sillytons
  9. Silmon
  10. Silmons
  11. silo

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