silly person
Example Sentences
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“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
Matthew Vadum is a very silly person who seldom lets facts get in the way of a good made-up story.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2011
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
"I'm sorry, dear Aunt Mitty, she was my great-grandmama, too, but that doesn't keep me from thinking her a very silly person."
From The Romance of a Plain Man by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
