Entry Word: silly

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 lacking in seriousness or maturity <the theater was filled with a bunch of silly children making noise> — see giddy 1
2 showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment <dismissed the silly ideas immediately> — see foolish 1
3 so foolish or pointless as to be worthy of scornful laughter <had the silly notion that the world was shaped like a giant burrito> — see ridiculous 1