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Meanings of foolish in English
Marked by lack of intellectual acuity or somewhat mentally limited.
Usage of foolish in English
1
One must be the half-foolish Nicko; the other must be the spy.
2
It was foolish to question the power in that grave, sardonic face.
3
He looked very foolish; and sat down in a corner without speaking.
4
The Bishop did a foolish thing in talking of the metropolitan press.
5
The foolish comfortable words spoken in every drawing-room throughout the United Kingdom.
6
I showed myself very foolish and weak in-insomething that happened then.
7
It is all nonsense, of course; just foolish talk of the villagers.
8
I was foolish to offer to carry it in the first place.
9
And yet I am the very simplest of all foolish simple creatures.
10
I was young and foolish then; now I am old and foolisher.
11
You understand, this foolish woman judges me in that way; but pshaw.
12
It is foolish to ignore it; we must allow for its existence.
13
I used to think it did; but I was very foolish then.
14
Then Barbara did a foolish thing; she tried to cross the swamp.
15
Nothing so remarkable in England as the progress of these foolish people.
16
I did a very foolish thing in dealing with the young scamp.
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