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And this isn't quite a contronym, but "silly" originally meant "blessed."
https://www.michiganpublic.org/arts-culture/2013-10-27/the-changing-meanings-of-nice-and-silly
And, as that same article said, "nice" used to mean what silly means today.
And thanks to internet culture blessed now can mean something similar to silly.
That's nice, dear.
I'm generally a nice person. Not very silly though.
Yeah I can relate.