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Jolly   /dʒˈɑli/   Listen
Jolly

adjective
(compar. jollier; superl. jolliest)
1.
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.  Synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful.  "A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company" , "The jolly crowd at the reunion" , "Jolly old Saint Nick" , "A jovial old gentleman" , "Have a merry Christmas" , "Peals of merry laughter" , "A mirthful laugh"
adverb
1.
To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.  Synonyms: fairly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat.  "Pretty bad" , "Jolly decent of him" , "The shoes are priced reasonably" , "He is fairly clever with computers"  Antonyms: immoderately, unreasonably.
verb
1.
Be silly or tease one another.  Synonyms: banter, chaff, josh, kid.
noun
(pl. jollies)
1.
A happy party.
2.
A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work.  Synonym: jolly boat.



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"Jolly" Quotes from Famous Books



... jolly chap with cheeks that look, after half a day's haying, like raw beef-steaks. He paused on his load, smiling broadly, his straw hat set like a halo on ...
— Great Possessions • David Grayson

... "Jolly glad if I have! He's a good fellow, is Hubert. Till our next meeting! Au revoir, Miss Yardely! So long, Stane!" The next moment he turned to his dogs. ...
— A Mating in the Wilds • Ottwell Binns

... Davie in chorus, which sent Phronsie flying to Polly. In jumped a little old man, quite spry for his years; with a jolly, red face and a pack on his back, and flew into their midst, prepared to do his duty; but what should he do, instead of making his speech, "this jolly Old Saint—" but first fly up to Mrs. Pepper, and say—"Oh, mammy how did you ...
— Five Little Peppers And How They Grew • Margaret Sidney

... very sorry for her neighbor, Alice Nevins, who was dreadfully homesick and scarcely tasted anything, winking desperately to keep her eyes from overflowing. Some of them looked very bright and jolly. ...
— The Girls at Mount Morris • Amanda Minnie Douglas

... horses met with accidents. Thus on February 22, 1760, his horse "Jolly" got his right foreleg "mashed to pieces," probably by a falling limb. "Did it up as well as I could this night." "Saturday, Feb. 23d. Had the Horse Slung upon Canvas and his leg fresh set, following Markleham's directions as well as I could." ...
— George Washington: Farmer • Paul Leland Haworth


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