Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.    From LearnThat.org.  [Diogenes]

How silly an ardent and unsuccessful wooer can be especially if he is getting on in years.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Knocked silly by the impact.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Don't be a silly.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Never mind that the term silly has to be the most benign insult I have ever used or heard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Call Me Silly �� The Inherent Problems with Censoring Ad Hominem Attacks and Hate Speech] Reference

I want a little of what you call silly romance in my courtship.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taken Alive] Reference

"Then I makes all the rest sit round him in what you calls a silly circle.".    From Wordnik.com.  [King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale] Reference

"We've talked to him about you can't have what we call silly fouls," Dixon said.    From Wordnik.com.  [RutlandHerald.com] Reference

People from Scilly don't like it being confused with the word silly, which is possibly why.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference

So I think we would be opportunistic if those bonds were to get back into what I call silly territory.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

And "silly" is a generous assessment; an uncharitable person well might consider those remarks to be bigoted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discourse.net: Yes, We're Hiring] Reference

A spokesman says the governor was joking and his words were being taken out of what he calls a silly entertainment context.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 30, 2007] Reference

Also, CNN is just plain silly to use this as "news".    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaigning in Kentucky, Clinton hears sermon on infidelity] Reference

Please see yesterdays entry regarding the word silly.    From Wordnik.com.  [ASK A SLUT] Reference

Don't worry l - This is why they call it silly season.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Poll: Obama losing support] Reference

It is just plain silly to try and blur the distinction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Al Weed’s Ewert mailer.] Reference

Sailing isn't all about yachts for people in silly hats.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Mistral class takes sailing to the extreme] Reference

I love when characters engage in silly non-dates like this.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Bored to Death': Jenny Slate, please come back | EW.com] Reference

Heh, when I think of the word silly I think of little kids.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Steady Beat of Pressing Keys] Reference

But note that all the movies contain silly things like that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sith and all that jazz] Reference

Now this all sounds silly from the secular American viewpoint.    From Wordnik.com.  [Councils of War] Reference

Not so silly is that Obama did in fact favor a ban on handguns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Day Spin - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com] Reference

She filled my head with what my father called silly superstition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

How silly is the request, perhaps this is the choice of the guest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beer choice at Obama meeting touches off new debate] Reference

To even remotely compare them is just plain silly to put it nicely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hoekstra compares Iranian protests to GOP effort] Reference

How silly is it to write "Sam Mendes" with (away we go) next to it!?!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sam Mendes Given a License to Direct the 23rd James Bond Film – Collider.com] Reference

I've thought the concept was silly from the day I first read about it.    From Wordnik.com.  [SF Tidbits for 1/29/08] Reference

It would be just plain silly to soak garlic and pineapple in Microdyne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Question ;Microdyne] Reference

But I started looking for little signs and what some call silly-season symptoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Well, as long as we're getting nostalgic, here's something silly from the 1940's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Made It] Reference

People that believe in silly superstitions should not have power over other people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Lieberman satisfied by prospect that Obama nominee could make Supreme Court ‘slightly less liberal.’] Reference

This comment was chosen to be hidden and when I asked why, the word silly was given.    From Wordnik.com.  [Don't Call Me Silly �� The Inherent Problems with Censoring Ad Hominem Attacks and Hate Speech] Reference

Ah, so if there aren't any weird fans in silly costumes we'll just have to make one up!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference

"You would not find me at this position they call silly-mid-off - right by the batsman.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Home] Reference

Our games also turn into silly messes, but serious things can happen even in silly games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Geek confession time «] Reference

And the Matrix was cool, even if most of its conciets were silly from a SF point of view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is the Science Fiction Reader Becoming Extinct?] Reference

Superhero comedies can be as knowingly funny as Mystery Men or as plain silly as Condorman.    From Wordnik.com.  [January 2008] Reference

He seemed permanently surprised that his restaurant was full of office workers in silly hats.    From Wordnik.com.  [PC Ellie Bloggs - The Manic Impressive « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference

Would somebody please go down to that building they call silly hall and wake those dunces up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference

For a couple of minutes, it is amusing to see cute parakeets scampering about in silly costumes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat] Reference

It certainly make the Comex manipulators, who could easily be stopped, look long-term silly today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welcome To Jim Sinclair's MineSet] Reference

Review: At first, the idea of fool being a position of importance on a ship seems comical at best and just plain silly at worst.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: The Space Opera Renaissance edited by David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer] Reference

I thought it a certain silly fastidiousness on my part, but it persisted in spite of me, and I merely shrugged my shoulders in answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 19] Reference