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unsilly

unsilly adjective: not silly.

Adjective

unsilly (comparative more unsilly, superlative most unsilly)

  1. Not silly.
    • “Cheetos is about being playful, it’s about being silly,” Lambeth replies in a thoroughly unsilly tone.2009 May 10, Rob Walker, “Big Cheese”, in New York Times

Forms of unsilly

comparativemore unsilly
superlativemost unsilly

Origin of unsilly

From Middle English unsely, from Old English unsǣliġ, equivalent to un- + silly. Doublet of Unseelie.

Questions about unsilly

What does unsilly mean?
Unsilly means not silly.
What part of speech is unsilly?
Unsilly is an adjective.

Words near unsilly in the dictionary

  1. unsilently
  2. unsilhouetted
  3. unsilicified
  4. unsiliconized
  5. unsilled
  6. unsilly
  7. unsilo
  8. unsiloed
  9. unsiloing
  10. unsilos
  11. unsilted

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