silly

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

   “They were laughing at a silly joke.”

2. sıfat Absurdly large.

   “He cannot achieve celebrity by covering himself with diamonds... or by giving a silly price for a hack.”

3. sıfat Good; pious.

   “The sylyman lay and herde, / And hys wyf answerd.”

4. sıfat Holy.

   “... thrie Saturdayes befor Lambas and thrie efter called the six silie Saturdayes.”

5. sıfat Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly

   “The fire raging upon the silly Carcase.”

6. sıfat Innocent; suffering undeservedly, especially as an epithet of lambs and sheep.

   “There is no best in þe word, I wene... / That suffuris halfe so myche tene / As doth þe sylly wat.”

7. sıfat Helpless, defenseless.

   “scared silly”

8. sıfat Insignificant, worthless, (chiefly Scotland) especially with regard to land quality.

   “Ane sillie scheill vnder ane erdfast stane”

9. sıfat Weak, frail; flimsy (use concerning people and animals is now obsolete).

   “Here we see that a smal sillie Bird knoweth how to match with so great a Beast.”

10. sıfat Sickly; feeble; infirm.

    “To doe the thing we can / To please... / This silly sickly man.”

11. sıfat Rustic, homely.

    “Dauid had no more but a sylie slynge, and a few stones.”

12. sıfat Lowly, of humble station.

    “The silly herdman all astonnied standes.”

13. sıfat Rustic, uneducated, unlearned.

    “From Hell (of which the silly people of the Country think the top of this hill to be the mouth).”

14. sıfat Thoughtless, lacking judgment.

    “silly mistake”

15. sıfat mentally delayed or feeble.

    “Fow ȝellow ȝellow wes hir heid bot scho of lufe wes sillie.”

16. sıfat Stupefied, senseless; stunned or dazed.

    “You say you were knocked silly—was that so?”

17. sıfat Very close to the batsman, facing the bowler; closer than short.

    “Carpenter now placed himself at silly-point for Grundy, who was playing very forward.”

18. zarf Sillily: in a silly manner.

    “If you did but see how silly a Man fumbles for an Excuse, when he's a little asham'd of being in Love.”

19. isim A silly person.

    “While they, poor sillies, bid good night, O' love an' bogles eerie.”

20. isim A term of address.

    “‘Come on, silly,’ said Nannie.”

21. isim A mistake.