sillily

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sillily

/ˈsɪlɪli/

adverb more sillily · most sillily · sillyly

dated, hypercorrect In a silly manner; foolishly. The man walked down the street so sillily that many a bystander stopped and stared slack-jawed.
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@misc{sillily_2026,
  title = {sillily},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sillily},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}