noun

sillyness

silliness, foolishness

I'm tired of his sillyness.

I'm tired of his silliness.

Her sillyness made everyone laugh.

Her silliness made everyone laugh.

((possessive's)) sillyness the quality of being silly His sillyness can be annoying.

Synonyms: foolishness, absurdity; Antonyms: seriousness, wisdom

From the adjective 'silly' plus the noun-forming suffix '-ness'. The standard spelling is 'silliness'.

Think of the state (-ness) of being silly. It describes the quality of being foolish or not serious.

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