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silliness

noun as in folly

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They sometimes provide platforms for silliness, including speech that some people find offensive.

"It's a survival record – full of pain but also silliness."

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The "silliness" of the formulation was "lightening the subject matter of this trial," he told Judge Cannon.

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I think fun is an important thing to embody in what you do, that and some kind of silliness or fearlessness, that’s what turns people on, so I’m all for that.

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Think anyone who believes that a childlike openness to play and silliness doesn’t have to be eradicated by maturity.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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