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

Whenever I hear any man talk in this way, my politeness, of course, prevents my telling him that he is an uncommonly silly person; but it does not prevent my thinking him one.

From The Recreations of a Country Parson by Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison