silliness
Example Sentences
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Random observations on the silliness of all the action—“That monkey just used his cuteness for crime!”—are about as close as we get to humor.
The magic of this “Salome” is its transcendence of silliness into acceptance.
From Los Angeles Times
There’s an underlying tension in the show because it walks a line between silliness and graveness.
From Los Angeles Times
Pierson notes that the songs were more "linear and traditional" than the scattergun silliness of their earlier work.
From BBC
Despite the silliness, many scientists appreciate the Ig Nobels.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
