Meaning & use
silliest
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most lacking in seriousness or good sense; most foolish or absurd, of all being compared.
See it in a sentence
That has to be the silliest excuse I've ever heard.
Of all his jokes, this one was the silliest.
A note on using this word
The superlative form of 'silly', formed by adding '-est' after changing the final 'y' to 'i'.
Words with a similar meaning
most foolishmost ridiculous
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Words with an opposite meaning
most sensiblewisest
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