Antonyms for silliness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sil-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪl i

Definition of silliness

Origin : "foolishness," c.1600, from silly + -ness; a reformation of seeliness, from Old English saelignes "happiness, (good) fortune, occurrence."

noun folly

Example sentences :

The silliness of a thing doesn't matter if it makes you laugh.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

Well, well, youth's the season for silliness, but there's bounds—there's bounds.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

She's kind-hearted and that makes her put up with Rachel's silliness.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Used to call it silliness and a waste of time, I did—worse names than that, generally.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The silliness of the situation burned her sense of the incongruous.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

After I had to warn you a month ago, I expected that silliness to stop instantly.
Extract from : « The Straw » by Eugene O'Neill

It is to be doubted if any county has a monopoly of silliness.
Extract from : « Highways & Byways in Sussex » by E.V. Lucas

"The silliness of that statement will occur to you in a while," he said dryly.
Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett

You aint so unprofessional as to remember all that silliness against me, are you?
Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various

But there is another and a darker side to this matter of Summer silliness.
Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various

Synonyms for silliness

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