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# silly

«silly» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **foolish** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

foolish

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Foolish or ridiculous in a way that is funny or a bit daft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/silly/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today silly means foolish, and the sentences use this same sense. The old sense of simple or innocent does not appear here.

### examples

- “Of course you have, you silly. (Peter Pan) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/silly/#x1)
- "Who says that you are silly?" (Fifty Famous Stories Retold) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/silly/#x2)
- Well, that was one big silly. (English Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/silly/#x3)

### primary record

silly

### tests

manual 10.3; corpora 133 (Torah 0, tales 133, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 1; ratio 5.0 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

### In the corpora

- [And Ephraim is become like a silly dove, without understanding; they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.97/)
- [For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.92/)
- [Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/12/)
- [Bots rhyme by sound and may not notice that a rhyme sounds rude or silly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/19/)
- [A family password, a silly word that is not online anywhere, beats a fake voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «silly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/silly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.