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Meaning of 'jolly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Jolly [ superl.]
- Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
- 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]
Meaning (1):
- be silly or tease one another
Example in sentence:
  • After we relaxed, we just kidded around
2 . jolly [ r]
Meaning (2):
- 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]
Meaning (3):
- 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

Nearby Words:

jole jolif joll jollification jollily jolliness jollity jolloment jolly-boat jollyhead

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