sillyish

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adjective

Somewhat silly.

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Meanings

adjectivesillyish (comparative more sillyish, superlative most sillyish)

comparative more sillyish · superlative most sillyish

  1. Somewhat silly.

    We were all infinitely good humoured, but rather sillyish; for every one was full of themselves, though each asked questions of the other, about which they did not care a pinch of snuff to be informed.

    2013 September 23, Frances Sheridan, Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Broadview Press, →ISBN, page 114

Origin

From silly + -ish.

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APA

sillyish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillyish

MLA

“sillyish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillyish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sillyish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sillyish.

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