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Definitions for jolly
ˈdʒɒl ijol·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
jollynoun
a happy party
jolly boat, jollyadjective
a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthfulverb
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
"when hearts were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "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"
kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banteradverb
be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passablyadverb
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
"pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
Wiktionary
jollynoun
a pleasure trip or excursion
jollyverb
To amuse or divert.
jollyadverb
very, extremely
jollyadjective
Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.
Webster Dictionary
Jolly
full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful
Jolly
expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety
Jolly
of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant
Etymology: [Prob. fr. Jolly, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Jolly
jol′i, adj. merry: expressing or exciting mirth, jovial: comely, robust.—n. Jollificā′tion, a making jolly: noisy festivity and merriment.—adv. Joll′ily.—ns. Joll′iment (Spens.), merriment; Joll′ity, Joll′iness.—adv. Joll′y (coll.), uncommonly. [O. Fr. jolif, joli—Ice. jol, Yule.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
JOLLY
v. t., To "con" or "josh." JOLLY BOAT The Ship of State.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
jolly
This term is usually applied to a comely and corpulent person, but afloat it is a familiar name for a soldier.--Tame jolly, a militiaman; royal jolly, a marine.
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Rank popularity for the word 'jolly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4059
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jolly in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jolly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of jolly in a Sentence
There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the campaign, the 'Out' campaign have jolly good arguments superficially... Big business is pathetic and cowardly.
Just remember, if Stephanie Jolly small businesses and Stephanie Jolly counties are sacrificing, if Stephanie Jolly simply drive over the border to another state, and have all the contacts we're trying to stop, Stephanie Jolly frustrate the sacrifice of those in Stephanie Jolly community.
In fact, when I smoked, my brother used to always tell me that I was a kleptomaniac with all the lighters. But… I just take things. So yeah, I’ve stolen a lot, unconsciously. there was some gum, there was a Jolly Rancher I might have stolen, some Sweet Tarts. My favorite candy in all of time.
Just because he seems like a jolly man doesn't mean that his intentions are pure, or that he's unable to launch a missile again, a lot of the summit, even if the true intention of President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un was to work towards peace at some point, there's a lot of pageantry involved. So in some sense, he was acting.
She was very talkative and well-mannered, jolly was very loving.
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