Hollow and Silly

Hollow

Hollow adjective - Curved inward.

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Silly and hollow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Hollow".

Nearby Words: hollowed, hollowing, hollowly

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

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Hollow and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hollow" instead an adjective "Silly".

Nearby Word: silliness

The hollow self claims that at some point trying to gain even more power just gets silly.

Source: Fan Fic / Hogyoku ex Machina
I got silly and found a frog in the water by a hollow log

Source: Boys Like Creepy Critters
In the Silly Symphony short "Birds in the Spring", a bird escapes a snake by flying through a hollow log and letting the snake tie itself up on the knotholes.

Source: Knotty Tentacles

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