Incongruous; inviting ridicule.
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Examples for "silly "
Examples for "silly "
1 He looked silly enough in truth; but he never bothered about it.
2 I was silly to be mixed up with it in the beginning.
3 Lay aside affected, silly etiquette for the natural dictates of the heart.
4 They were just silly , ordinary fussinesses; they had no sense in them.
5 The idea of yonder silly creature being the companion of a MAN.
1 There was something noble in his words and pathetic in the action.
2 The pathetic career of the Gracchi had much significance in Roman history.
3 It seemed that it was not ludicrous; it was only terribly pathetic .
4 There is something pathetic in this desertion of the ancient, central hearthstone.
5 Betty conjured her up, a charming and pathetic vision; but in vain.
Broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce.
1 No, not ridiculous ; only a simple idea, and great in its simplicity.
2 The mountains are in labor, a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.
3 We eternally step from the sublime to the ridiculous ; we want taste.
4 His idealism had made him ridiculous in the eyes of the townsfolk.
5 The scene was interrupted in an unexpected and ridiculous manner-thetelephone rang.
6 That's utterly ridiculous . She refused to discuss it with him any longer.
7 This is unjust enough in England, but in Australia it is ridiculous .
8 The extravagance of the Myantses is far more ridiculous than the above.
9 She was held there and bid for in the most ridiculous way.
10 His employer saw nothing ridiculous in the twisted neck and sprawling limbs.
11 For Meg and Betty were both laughing in the most ridiculous way.
12 The provinces are provinces; they are only ridiculous when they mimic Paris.
13 It was as ridiculous as his uniform, and in the same way.
14 It is out of place; it is not even artistic,-itis ridiculous .
15 They wind up in front of some ridiculous plaque identifying the place.
16 The statement was ridiculous ; everybody knew it, and prepared to laugh, loud-mouthed.
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