Sentence examples for silly manner from inspiring English sources
"Some people reacted in a silly manner – 'monkey see, monkey do'," Tucakovic quipped.
According to Friedman, one of the most faithful Frankenstein movies may be Mel Brooks Youngg Frankenstein because it, in a gloriously silly manner, humanises the relationship between Victor and the creature.
If there is an inherent danger to Spark's approach, a purely reflex tartness ('people in those parts are very typical of each other', 'that silly manner of women unused to arriving at strange railway stations'), then mostly she keeps it at bay.
For example, a business that discriminates in a silly manner will be disciplined by the marketplace.
She didn't treat me like a child or think I was acting in a silly manner.
His wife, however, is "a tall, powerfully built woman and when under the influence of liquor talks in a silly manner, and some believe her to be insane".
Bill Hader's oddball character Stefon rode off into the sunset in an appropriately silly, nonsensical manner.
It's presented in a silly, flippant manner, but "turn it off" is exactly what people of numerous faiths try to do every day.
The Americans kept making the point that etiquette could be acquired by all; Della Casa, being of his time and station, declared that gentle ways are not for the lower classes and that "silly and tender manners are best left to the women".
Mr. Wisdom's unabashedly slapstick style — embracing spills, pratfalls and all manner of silly walks — made him one of the last living links to the British music hall tradition.
The book delivers chills, not shocks, and is silly-scary in the manner of a yarn that a sophomore might tell a freshman while toasting marshmallows around a fire.
