Silly

Definition of Silly

Sil´ly

a.	1.	Happy; fortunate; blessed.
	2.	Harmless; innocent; inoffensive. The silly virgin strove him to withstand. - Spenser. A silly, innocent hare murdered of a dog. - Robynson (More's Utopia).
	3.	Weak; helpless; frail. After long storms . . . With which my silly bark was tossed sore. - Spenser. The silly buckets on the deck. - Coleridge.
	4.	Rustic; plain; simple; humble. A fourth man, in a sillyhabit. - Shak. All that did their silly thoughts so busy keep. - Milton.
	5.	Weak in intellect; destitute of ordinary strength of mind; foolish; witless; simple; as, a silly woman.
	6.	Proceeding from want of understanding or common judgment; characterized by weakness or folly; unwise; absurd; stupid; as, silly conduct; a silly question.

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