silly person
Example Sentences
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“Well, listen, I am showing you what to do, silly person, 15 repetitions, three times, here’s the move …” she explained.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2019
But I am quite a silly person and it cheers me to think that aptonyms are by chance, rather than logic.
From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2018
Matthew Vadum is a very silly person who seldom lets facts get in the way of a good made-up story.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2011
Under normal circumstances, Penelope would have scolded the children for being disrespectful, although the truth was that she, too, often found Lady Constance to be a rather silly person.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
When the name of the bird is used to describe a silly person, the word is really, as an interesting writer on the history of words says, turning "a complete somersault."
From Stories That Words Tell Us by O'Neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman)
