silly person
Example Sentences
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"I have felt deeply, deeply punished for being a quirky, silly person," Knox told me.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2025
“Well, listen, I am showing you what to do, silly person, 15 repetitions, three times, here’s the move …” she explained.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2019
But I am quite a silly person and it cheers me to think that aptonyms are by chance, rather than logic.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2018
Under normal circumstances, Penelope would have scolded the children for being disrespectful, although the truth was that she, too, often found Lady Constance to be a rather silly person.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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The rooms are lovely, but these dreadful artificial things some silly person has stuck all over the place spoil the whole effect.
From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)