How to pronounce silly in American English
“silly” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to silly the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “silly” in: all accents · British English (201 clips)
“silly” in real sentences — American speakers
354 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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"Silly me," said Grandma.
The Obama White House
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Now understand how silly this is.
Dept of Justice
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Anyway, that's the silly part.
Smithsonian Air & Space
Words that sound like “silly”
Words one sound away from silly — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “silly”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of silly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.