sillyish

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English

Etymology

From silly +‎ -ish.

Adjective

sillyish (comparative more sillyish, superlative most sillyish)

  1. Somewhat silly.
    • 2013 September 23, Frances Sheridan, Conclusion of the Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph, Broadview Press, →ISBN, page 114:
      We were all infinitely good humoured, but rather sillyish; for every one was full of themselves, though each asked questions of the other, about which they did not care a pinch of snuff to be informed.