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sillily, adv.|ˈsɪlɪlɪ|
[f. silly a. + -ly2.]
†1. Poorly, badly. Obs. rare.
1581Mulcaster Positions xxxv. (1887) 126 The soule it selfe is but sillyly looked to, while the bodie is in price. 1611Cotgr., s.v. Manger, He that makes himselfe simple shall be sillily vsed.
2. In a foolish, absurd, or senseless manner.
1627W. Sclater Exp. 2 Thess. (1629) 256 How doe wee sillily call all Idolatrous, that is in vse amongst Idolaters? 1658A. Fox Würtz' Surg. iii. xi. 248 Such Wounds which were very deep, and were silily and ignorantly stitched. 1712Steele Spect. No. 466 ⁋6 [She] affects to please so sillily, that..you see the Simpleton from Head to Foot. 1740–1Richardson Pamela I. xxiv. 67 He sat down, and look'd at me, and..as sillily as such a poor Girl as I. 1805Spirit Publ. Jrnls. IX. 4 They sillily interested themselves in the event of a new experiment. 1843Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 254 Neither have I sillily paid four or five pounds away for it. 1864Browning Dram. Pers. Wks. 1896 I. 573/2, I took your arm And sillily smiled. |