Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
folly
IPA transcription: [f'ɑli]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
folly, foolishness, unwiseness
Meaning:
the trait of acting stupidly or rashly
Synonyms:
stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility
Meaning:
a stupid mistake
Usage examples
HUMAN FOLLY.
Spencer's Folly!
It's absolute folly
Yet what folly balls are!
And it wasn't folly at all!
Hence it is folly to deny it.
"You see my folly is this, Mary.
"Oh, what folly!" said Bathsheba.
Of my own thoughts it is folly to speak.
In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think.