Definition
Meaning of 'jolly'
Meaning of 'jolly' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Jolly 
[ superl.]
- Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry;
mirthful. [ superl.]- Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
- Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
Meaning of 'jolly' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. jolly [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- be silly or tease one another
- be silly or tease one another
Example in sentence:
- After we relaxed, we just kidded around
2. jolly [ r]
[ r]Meaning (2):
- to certain extent or degree
- to certain extent or degree
Example in sentence:
- he is fairly clever with computers;
- jolly decent of him;
- pretty bad;
- pretty big;
- the shoes are priced reasonably
3. jolly [ s]
[ s]Meaning (3):
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
- full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Example in sentence:
- a jovial old gentleman;
- a mirthful laugh;
- a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company;
- have a merry Christmas;
- jolly old Saint Nick;
- peals of merry laughter;
- the jolly crowd at the reunion;
- when hearts were young and gay
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