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Meanings of silliness in English
Synonyms
Examples for "absurdity"
Examples for "absurdity"
1
A free press in Malta in the Italian language is an absurdity.
2
But in Scotland it is being carried to the point of absurdity.
3
His success and reliability took man-love to new, twisted levels of absurdity.
4
On the other hand there was something fascinating in the very absurdity.
5
This is absurd; but the absurdity is interesting, as recalling the connection.
1
This attempt to create a Travellers-free zone is nothing short of fatuity.
2
Otherwise it is sheer fatuity, or an impotent explosion of literary spite.
3
He listens to all this with an unbearable little air of fatuity.
4
Or, if curse I do, it shall be at my own fatuity.
5
It is certainly a beacon of slavering profit worship and extreme political fatuity.
1
With the fatuousness of a weak man cornered, he clung to unimportant details.
2
They were greatly assisted by the fatuousness of the Democrats.
3
He had the fatuousness of those who deceive with impunity.
4
The fatuousness of forethought had seldom been evinced more ironically.
5
With a great fatuousness the middle class supposed that he was fighting for its cause.
Usage of silliness in English
1
Left to wander its own way, it tends to lead into silliness.
2
That has profound implications beyond the hypothetical silliness of the Trolley Problem.
3
So Menandros was just trying to collect evidence of Roman silliness, yes.
4
His mischievous pixie quality and love of silliness will be sorely missed.
5
Photo: supplied Kirin J Callinan toes the line between sincerity and silliness.
6
Soapy silliness is likewise in plentiful supply in Fellowes's latest hyperventilating caper.
7
But his silliness of behaviour is a hopeful sign for the picture.
8
And the look of the bay mare shames silliness out of me.
9
It becomes Nicias incomparably, and renders all his silliness infinitely more silly.
10
Zuckerberg himself was disappointed at the silliness of many of these apps.
11
For that one moment he dropped his silliness and spoke with dignity.
12
On the delight in pop's very silliness he is just and exact.
13
I love that she can make fun of all the spying silliness.
14
I found myself grinning back, then laughing out loud at my silliness.
15
Supposed intellectuals will huff and puff about the silliness of it all.
16
A little too flippant, I always say-rather TOO much champagne and silliness.
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Translations for silliness
Portuguese
Catalan
Silliness through the time
Silliness across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common