"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 • ...
(1) pretty, somewhat, slightly
Kolokacji: 3
(2) downright, wonderfully
Kolokacji: 2
1. downright silly = wręcz głupi downright silly
  • Of course the answer was o*bvious and the question downright silly: I would die.
  • Law enforcement analysts and local elected officials said that if the potential for danger were not so deadly serious, the plans would be downright silly.
  • It would be downright silly to think these people might arrive at a single point of view.
  • Liberals have as much right to be downright silly as anyone else.
  • You look downright silly in your new videos.
  • "Here," he replied, as if the question was downright silly.
  • The reasons people give for discounting their superstardom are downright silly.
  • Adults dealing with the learning disabled frequently lapse into techniques that are downright silly.
  • The column's complaints about the venue seem downright silly.
  • Next to that one, Hamlet's little quandary was downright silly.
2. wonderfully silly = niezwykle głupi wonderfully silly
silly + preposición
Kolokacji: 6
silly of • silly to • silly for • silly about • silly in • ...

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