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词汇 silliness
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Definition of silliness in English:

silliness

noun ˈsɪlɪnəsˈsɪlinɪs
mass noun
  • Lack of common sense or judgement; foolishness.

    she had to laugh at her own silliness
    children will love the sheer silliness of the enterprise
    count noun he spouted the same sillinesses I hear all too often
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Burlesque is the voice of irreverence, low humour, plain silliness.
    • His movies seem to be replete with great ideas hampered by wild mood swings of stupidity or silliness.
    • They have a great 'believable couple' rapport that is ripe for dry silliness.
    • The constant barrage of earnestly delivered silliness should win over even the hardest hearts.
    • The animation looked nothing like the Saturday morning silliness which used to be cranked out by the truckload.
    • It's easy to list the sillinesses of this idea, but it did remind me of one of my favourite stories.
    • Two years ago, such an observation was appropriately arch, zeroing in on the silliness of such campaign press stunts.
    • His embarrassingly manufactured cameo only adds to the lame silliness of the scene.
    • The film's erotic subtext has been devoured by silliness.
    • The problem is the script, which never once pauses to consider its own essential silliness.

Definition of silliness in US English:

silliness

nounˈsilēnisˈsɪlinɪs
  • Lack of common sense or judgment; foolishness.

    she had to laugh at her own silliness
    children will love the sheer silliness of the enterprise
    count noun he spouted the same sillinesses I hear all too often
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The constant barrage of earnestly delivered silliness should win over even the hardest hearts.
    • Two years ago, such an observation was appropriately arch, zeroing in on the silliness of such campaign press stunts.
    • The animation looked nothing like the Saturday morning silliness which used to be cranked out by the truckload.
    • Burlesque is the voice of irreverence, low humour, plain silliness.
    • They have a great 'believable couple' rapport that is ripe for dry silliness.
    • The film's erotic subtext has been devoured by silliness.
    • The problem is the script, which never once pauses to consider its own essential silliness.
    • His movies seem to be replete with great ideas hampered by wild mood swings of stupidity or silliness.
    • His embarrassingly manufactured cameo only adds to the lame silliness of the scene.
    • It's easy to list the sillinesses of this idea, but it did remind me of one of my favourite stories.
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