Definitions for sillies

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sillies sil·ly

Spelling: [sil-ee]

IPA: /ˈsɪl i/

Sillies is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 66 anagrams from letters in sillies (eiillss).

Definitions for sillies

noun

1. Informal. a silly or foolish person:

adjective

1. weak-minded or lacking good sense; stupid or foolish:
2. absurd; ridiculous; irrational:
3. stunned; dazed:
4. Cricket. (of a fielder or the fielder's playing position) extremely close to the batsman's wicket:
5. Archaic. rustic; plain; homely.
6. Archaic. weak; helpless.
7. Obsolete. lowly in rank or state; humble.

Origin of sillies

1375-1425; earlier sylie, sillie foolish, feeble-minded, simple, pitiful; late Middle English syly, variant of sely seely

Examples for sillies

Now what d'ye suppose the sillies are poking poles under there, for?

So there was a whole lot of sillies bigger than them three sillies at home.

But the sillies went and propped up a milk-pan against the window.

"Jessie Macpherson says we're a set of sillies," volunteered Betty Scott.

That was going on while Davy and me snoozed away like a pair of sillies.

It is just this lot of flatterers and sillies that are ruining her.

All I know is that these lads held up my car the night of the sillies.

So there was a whole lot of sillies bigger than the three sillies at home.

So there were a whole lot of sillies bigger than the three sillies at home.

This is more suitable for an introduction for "The Three sillies."