silly question

collocation in English

meaningsofsillyandquestion

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silly
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪl.i/us
/ˈsɪl.i/
showing little thought ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition ofsillyandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsilly question

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To ask whether it is real or authentic is asillyquestion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is asillyquestion, and it now has a firm answer.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is asillyquestion.
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That is asillyquestion.
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That is anothersillyquestion.
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But this is asillyquestion(at least for anyone who takes justice seriously enough to raise it).
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That may seem asillyquestion.
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It is not asillyquestion.
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That is a thoroughlysillyquestion.
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That is a rathersillyquestion.
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This really is asillyquestion.
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I am not asking asillyquestion.
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That is a verysillyquestion.
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It was a verysillyquestion.
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That was rather asillyquestion.
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It is not such asillyquestion.
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Is not that asillyquestion?
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I can answer thatsillyquestion.
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It may be obvious; it may be asillyquestion.
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With respect, that is rather asillyquestion.
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I am not interested in that sort ofsillyquestion.
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I then, of course, asked thesillyquestion!
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Asillyquestionwas asked and a silly answer given.
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That is asillyquestionat this moment.
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I think that that was rather asillyquestion.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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