Hoping and Silly

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

Nearby Words: hope, hoped

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

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

Nearby Word: silliness

Many people were expecting a dark villain, but the clip portrayed Discord as a lighthearted, kind, silly character, disappointing those who were hoping for a Darker and Edgier villain.

Source: Never Trust A Trailer / Western Animation
Cue a Silly Walk that (as McCarthy enjoys pointing out to Bellus) is being relayed via cameras to an extensive internet audience hoping they'll die in an interesting and horrible fashion.

Source: Literature / The War Against the Chtorr
I Just Write the Thing: One can only assume that wacarb is being slightly silly:wacarb: dude, I have no idea what I'm doing when I make these, I just sit in front of a microphone a couple hours and say random words out of my mouth, hoping they can somehow make sense.

Source: Web Video / Ultra Fast Pony

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