# silliest

Pronunciation: say "SI-lee-ist" /ˈsɪ.li.ɪst/

## Adjective

1. Superlative of silly. — superlative form of silly: most silly.
   - Simple: Superlative of silly. Use it for the one thing that is more silly than all the others.
   - _The committee picked the silliest costume for the prize._
   - _Her silliest excuse yet involved a runaway hamster._

## Adverb

2. Superlative of silly, used adverbially to describe the manner of an action; informal or dialectal. *(dialectal)* — comparative degree of silly: most sillily.
   - Simple: Superlative of silly, used to say how someone acts. This adverb use is informal.
   - _Of all the contestants, she behaved silliest on stage._
   - _He danced silliest of the whole troupe, tripping over his own feet for laughs._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/silliest (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).