"silly" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

silly adjetivo

silly + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 95
silly thing • silly question • silly girl • silly idea • silly game • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 23
(5) game, Symphony, plot
Kolokacji: 3
(6) song, lyrics, rhyme
Kolokacji: 3
(7) name, nickname
Kolokacji: 2
(10) grin, smile, gesture
Kolokacji: 3
1. silly grin = głupi uśmiech silly grin
2. silly smile = głupawy uśmiech silly smile
3. silly gesture = głupi gest silly gesture
  • It was such a silly, stupid, hopeless gesture.
  • Hopefully this means we've seen the last of these silly, empty gestures of mourning and alarm.
  • Riker nodded, never mind that it was a silly gesture.
  • He had refused all food last night- a silly gesture, he realized, but one which had made him feel good.
  • I see it as a silly gesture springing from her work in advertising, the promotion of appearance over substance.
  • "Some silly ritualistic gesture, probably done for some satisfaction that its symbolism may afford him."
  • You would wind up in a tropical jail and your silly gesture would not do Graham any good.
  • Dramatic, silly, outrageous and baroque gestures are becoming increasingly common in American business.
  • One hand reached for the readout screen and tenderly touched it, in a silly human gesture.
  • She stopped her silly gesture of smoothing the powdery snow from his hair and collar, and sat intent for a minute.
(11) season, bugger, sod
Kolokacji: 3
(12) hat, costume, outfit
Kolokacji: 3
(14) boy, child, fellow, sort
Kolokacji: 4
(15) creature, stunt, toy
Kolokacji: 3
(17) talk, rumor
Kolokacji: 2
(18) bitch, bastard, cow, Billy
Kolokacji: 4
(19) Walk, foul
Kolokacji: 2
(20) dream, fantasy
Kolokacji: 2
(21) dance, phrase
Kolokacji: 2
(22) ritual, habit
Kolokacji: 2
(23) noise, chatter
Kolokacji: 2
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 • ...
silly + preposición
Kolokacji: 6
silly of • silly to • silly for • silly about • silly in • ...

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