"silly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

silly adjetivo

silly + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 95

silly thing • silly question • silly girl • silly idea • silly game • ...

verbo + silly

Kolokacji: 4

sound silly • look silly • feel silly • act silly

adverbio + silly

Kolokacji: 11

pretty silly • downright silly • damned silly • awfully silly • somewhat silly • ...

Grup znaczeniowych: 3

(1) pretty, somewhat, slightly

Kolokacji: 3

1. pretty silly = całkiem głupi pretty silly

First, and most basic, it's pretty silly to refer to them as a group.
Now everyone knows where the Prince stands; they'd look pretty silly starting something after that.
I suddenly felt pretty silly standing there without any clothes on.
On reflection it seemed a pretty silly kind of hope, anyway.
Salt was a pretty silly film but i quite enjoyed it.
Often, in private, one thought it a pretty silly instinct.
In other words, this wasn't really worth reporting, because it was a pretty silly rumor.
"I guess that was a pretty silly question," he admitted.
But you must remember that a robot can be a pretty silly mechanism at times.
"Then coming here was a pretty silly thing to do," Kate said.

2. slightly silly = trochę głupi slightly silly

3. somewhat silly = nieco głupi somewhat silly

(2) downright, wonderfully

Kolokacji: 2

Kolokacji: 6

silly + preposición

Kolokacji: 6

silly of • silly to • silly for • silly about • silly in • ...

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