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单词 sillily
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sillilyadv.

Brit. /ˈsɪlᵻli/, U.S. /ˈsɪlᵻli/
Forms: 1500s sillelie (Scottish), 1500s–1600s sillyly, 1500s– sillily, 1600s silily, 1600s sillely, 1600s sillilie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: silly adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < silly adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier (with different sense) seelily adv.
1. Poorly, badly. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
litherOE
naughtlyOE
litherlya1225
simplya1325
miseaselyc1330
wretchedlyc1340
lewdlyc1386
unhappily1390
miserably?a1425
lodderlyc1425
sorrily1496
singly1548
naughtily1574
sillily1581
lamentably1585
evilly1587
woefully1592
scurvily1616
execrably1633
grievously1742
miscreantly1744
queasily1845
fecklessly1862
God-forsakenly1913
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxv. 125 The soule it selfe is but sillyly looked to, while the bodie is in price.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Manger He that makes himselfe simple shall be sillily vsed.
2. In a foolish, absurd, or senseless manner; so as to attract ridicule; ludicrously, ridiculously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb]
unwiselyc897
dizzilyc1175
folly?c1225
canglichec1230
mazedlya1250
follilyc1330
unskilfully1340
unwittily1362
lewdlyc1380
nicelya1387
fondlya1450
nicea1450
foolishlyc1450
foliously1481
ineptly1523
peevishly?1529
simply1535
insipiently1536
senselessly1561
fonly1579
sillilyc1598
perperously1657
insipidly1699
daftly1724
silly1731
stupid?1757
dawkinly1763
fool-like1800
unsagely1801
spoonily1861
assishly1863
ill-advisedly1879
c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. iii. 180 Use also the lyke forme in youre gesture, nather looking sillelie lyke a stupide pedante, nor unsetledlie uith ane unkouth morgue, lyke a neu come ouir caualier.
1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. 256 How doe wee sillily call all Idolatrous, that is in vse amongst Idolaters?
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xi. 248 Such Wounds which were very deep, and were silily and ignorantly stitched.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 466. ⁋6 [She] affects to please so sillily, that..you see the Simpleton from Head to Foot.
1789 H. Walpole Let. 2 July (1840) VI. 321 But I fear I am punning sillily, instead of thanking you seriously.
1843 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 254 Neither have I sillily paid four or five pounds away for it.
1864 R. Browning Dîs Aliter Visum in Dramatis Personæ 47 I took your arm And sillily smiled.
1910 J. Buchan Prester John xv. 145 My wits must have been shaky, for I took the fall for a snowdrift, and wondered sillily why the Berg had grown so Alpine.
2011 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 29 May (Sport section) 14 About to become a Saxon—and unlike most of the sillily named England second team, at least he's big and blond enough to look like one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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