Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unsilly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-sil-ly
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not silly.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English unsely, from Old English unsǣliġ, equivalent to un- + silly. Doublet of Unseelie.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unsilly (comparative) most unsilly (superlative)

Questions

What does unsilly mean?
Not silly.
Where does unsilly come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce unsilly

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