What does jolly mean?
Definitions for jolly
ˈdʒɒl ijol·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
jolly(noun)
a happy party
jolly boat, jolly(adj)
a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful(verb)
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, banter(adverb)
be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably(adverb)
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
jolly(Noun)
a pleasure trip or excursion
jolly(Verb)
To amuse or divert.
jolly(Adverb)
very, extremely
jolly(Adjective)
Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.
Webster Dictionary
Jolly
full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful
Etymology: [Prob. fr. Jolly, a.]
Jolly
expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety
Etymology: [Prob. fr. Jolly, a.]
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.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'jolly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4059
Numerology
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
She is not even a member of this diocese. She came here after getting married, jolly was not a frequent visitor here, nor did she have anything to do with the activities of Lourdes Matha Church.
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.
The whole family attacked him. They were not ready to believe Roy Thomas, such was the clout and image that Jolly had in the family -- they all thought that Roy Thomas was saying this because Roy Thomas had an eye on the house and property.
We have to explain to people from other cultures that the jolly and frisky attitude during our Carnival is not a sign of sexual openness.
She was very talkative and well-mannered, jolly was very loving.
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