<span class="searchmatch">silly</span>-<span class="searchmatch">hows</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">silly</span>-<span class="searchmatch">how</span>...
From <span class="searchmatch">silly</span>, seely + early form of houve. <span class="searchmatch">silly</span>-<span class="searchmatch">how</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">silly</span>-<span class="searchmatch">hows</span>) (now rare, dialectal) The caul which sometimes envelops the top of a child's head...
<span class="searchmatch">silly</span> beggars play <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> buggers <span class="searchmatch">sillily</span> <span class="searchmatch">silliness</span> <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> bean <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> billy sillycide <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> goose <span class="searchmatch">silly</span>-<span class="searchmatch">how</span> <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> me <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> mid off <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> mid on <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> money...
<span class="searchmatch">sillies</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> (informal, as "the <span class="searchmatch">sillies</span>") A period of foolish behaviour. 2003, Peter Gronn, The New Work of Educational Leaders: […] a number...
<span class="searchmatch">silly</span> bean (plural <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> beans) (childish) Someone acting in a <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> or foolish manner. 2011, Joe Janes, 50 Plays, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 277: You are a...
to be checked <span class="searchmatch">how</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">hows</span> or <span class="searchmatch">how's</span>) The means by which something is accomplished. I am not interested in the why, but in the <span class="searchmatch">how</span>. 1924, Joseph Rickaby...
From <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> + -ly. <span class="searchmatch">sillyly</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">sillyly</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">sillyly</span>) Obsolete spelling of <span class="searchmatch">sillily</span>. 1581, Richard Mulcaster, Positions Wherein...
to encourage people to seek knowledge by asking questions, no matter <span class="searchmatch">how</span> <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> the questions may appear to be. a 1992, Nancy Purtil, letter quoted in...
the sombre cottage[.] 1941, Vardis Fisher, City of Illusion: He gazed owlishly down at his confederates and they gazed owlishly back at him. <span class="searchmatch">silly</span>-<span class="searchmatch">how</span>...
from that littlun who talked about a beast and perhaps we can show him <span class="searchmatch">how</span> <span class="searchmatch">silly</span> he is.” The littluns began to jabber among themselves, then one stood...