silly

«silly» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: foolish — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic sense

modern equivalent

foolish

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Foolish or ridiculous in a way that is funny or a bit daft. tree →

how it differs from today

Today silly means foolish, and the sentences use this same sense. The old sense of simple or innocent does not appear here.

examples

• “Of course you have, you silly. (Peter Pan) tree →
• "Who says that you are silly?" (Fifty Famous Stories Retold) tree →
• Well, that was one big silly. (English Fairy Tales) tree →

primary record

silly

tests

manual 10.3; corpora 133 (Torah 0, tales 133, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 1; ratio 5.0 (Torah alone 0.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And Ephraim is become like a silly dove, without understanding; they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.
• For anger killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
• Tipsy means a little alcohol has made someone chattier and sillier than usual, though they are still in control.
• Bots rhyme by sound and may not notice that a rhyme sounds rude or silly.
• A family password, a silly word that is not online anywhere, beats a fake voice.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «silly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.