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My dear, it's silly to be romantic! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreamy

'romantic' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'my dear it's silly' is the wordplay.
'it's silly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'my'+'dear'='mydear'
'mydear' anagrammed gives 'DREAMY'.

'to be' is the link.

(Other definitions for dreamy that I've seen before include "My dear (anag.)" , "Vague - pensive" , "Fantastic" , "Lovely" , "romantic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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