sillyly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "For vvhile the bodie is committed to one, and the ſoule to an other, it falleth out moſt times, that the poore bodie is miſerably neglected, […] and that the ſoule it ſelfe is but ſillyly looked to, vvhile the bodie is in price, and to much borne vvith, as is generally ſeene: […]"
- "Reader be pleaſed to view over theſe two Accounts (touching the Controverſy between Tho. Hicks and John Story) that It may be underſtood how Sillyly Tho. Hicks came off about his falſe Charge againſt the Quakers,[…]"
- "So some that passe for Deepe Astrologers / Have made great Princes Presents of New-stars, / As Virtuosos sillyly have don / And giv’n away whole Ilands in the Moon:[…]"
- "[…]: Withal very ſillyly finding fault with the Style of our Sermons, which even every wiſe Man among the Diſſenters themſelves do approve of:[…]"
- "the report you know my love is very is false therefore that particular dont make me uneaſy as it will be proved to the contrary by seeing we live together, it was some spiteful person raised it maliciously and very sillyly indeed"
Etymology
From silly + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more sillyly (comparative)
most sillyly (superlative)