Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.
They were laughing at a silly joke.
Blessed
The sylyman lay and herde, / And hys wyf answerd.
Pitiful, inspiring compassion, particularly
The fire raging upon the silly Carcase.
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.
A silly person.
While they, poor sillies, bid good night, O' love an' bogles eerie.
A term of address.
‘Come on, silly,’ said Nannie.
From Middle English seely, sēlī, from Old English sǣliġ, ġesǣliġ (“lucky, fortunate”), from Proto-West Germanic *sālīg, from *sāli; equivalent to seel (“happiness, bliss”) + -y. Doublet of Seelie. The...
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A mistake.