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jolly
[ jol-ee ]
adjective
- in good spirits; lively; merry:
In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
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- cheerfully festive or convivial:
a jolly party.
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- joyous; happy:
Christmas is a jolly season.
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- Chiefly British Informal. delightful; charming.
- British.
- Informal. great; thorough:
a jolly blunderer.
- Slang. slightly drunk; tipsy.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to talk or act agreeably to (a person) in order to keep that person in good humor, especially in the hope of gaining something (usually followed by along ):
They jollied him along until the job was done.
verb (used without object)
- Informal. to jolly a person; josh; kid.
noun
- Informal. the practice or an instance of jollying a person.
- Usually jollies. Informal. pleasurable excitement, especially from or as if from something forbidden or improper; thrills; kicks:
He gets his jollies from watching horror movies.
adverb
- British Informal. extremely; very:
He'll jolly well do as he's told.
jolly
/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
- full of good humour; jovial
- having or provoking gaiety and merrymaking; festive
- greatly enjoyable; pleasing
adverb
- (intensifier)
you're jolly nice
verb
- often foll byup or along to try to make or keep (someone) cheerful
- to make goodnatured fun of
noun
- informal.a festivity or celebration
- informal.a trip, esp one made for pleasure by a public official or committee at public expense
- slang.a Royal Marine
Derived Forms
- ˈDZԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- DZ·· adverb
- DZ··Ա noun
- ܲ·DZ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jolly1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jolly1
Example Sentences
“To you, my jolly good friend gone wild.”
Thomas arrives in a Romanian village, where he encounters a group of jolly gypsies who laugh at him and warn him and whose blood rituals he witnesses in the night.
Being snowed in automatically meant we were going to have a cozy, jolly but mostly drunk-off-of-hot-chocolate time.
Throughout the afternoon, the crowd was entertained by jolly acapella tunes, sentimental folk songs, and protest anthems.
In written evidence to the inquest, Hayley Senior, Miss Senior's mother, had told the hearing her daughter had grown up as “a happy, sassy and really jolly girl”.
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