unsilly

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adjective

Not silly.

OriginMiddle English unsely ← Old English unsǣliġ →
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Meanings

adjectiveunsilly (comparative more unsilly, superlative most unsilly)

comparative more unsilly · superlative most unsilly

  1. Not silly.

    “Cheetos is about being playful, it’s about being silly,” Lambeth replies in a thoroughly unsilly tone.

    2009 May 10, Rob Walker, “Big Cheese”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Old Englishunsǣliġ
  2. Middle Englishunsely
  3. Englishunsilly

From Middle English unsely, from Old English unsǣliġ, equivalent to un- + silly. Doublet of Unseelie.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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