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Jolly Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Jolly? [n] a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [n] (British) a happy party [adv] intensifier, as in"pretty big"; "pretty bad"; (`jolly' is used informally in Britain as in"jolly decent of him") [adj] 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" [v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Jolly: banter \| chaff \| gay \| jocund \| jolly boat \| josh \| jovial \| joyous \| kid \| merry \| mirthful \| pretty Related Terms \| Find terms related to Jolly: addled \| animated \| appease \| banter \| beery \| bemused \| besotted \| blandish \| blarney \| blind drunk \| blithe \| blithesome \| bluejacket \| boon \| boot \| butter \| butter up \| buxom \| cadet \| cajole \| carouse \| celebrate \| chaff \| cheerful \| cheery \| coltish \| convivial \| crapulent \| crapulous \| cut loose \| debauch \| deceive \| dizzy \| drenched \| drunk \| drunken \| exuberant \| far-gone \| festal \| festive \| flustered \| fool \| fou \| free and easy \| frisky \| frivolous \| frogman \| frolicsome \| full \| fun \| gala \| gay \| get around \| giddy \| gladsome \| gleeful \| glorious \| gob \| hail-fellow-well-met \| happy \| haze \| hearty \| hell around \| high-spirited \| hilarious \| hoax \| honey \| horse marine \| humor \| in liquor \| inebriate \| inebriated \| inebrious \| intoxicated \| jape \| jest \| jive \| jocose \| jocular \| jocund \| joke \| jollify \| josh \| jovial \| joyful \| joyous \| jubilant \| kid \| kid along \| lark \| laughter-loving \| lay it on \| let go \| let loose \| let off steam \| lighthearted \| make merry \| make whoopee \| marine \| maudlin \| mellow \| merry \| merrymaking \| midshipman \| midshipmite \| mirthful \| mirth-loving \| mischievous \| muddled \| nappy \| naval cadet \| Naval Reservist \| navy man \| needle \| oil \| on the loose \| overdo it \| play up to \| playful \| put on \| rag \| raise hell \| rally \| razz \| reeling \| rejoicing \| revel \| rib \| ride \| risible \| roast \| roguish \| roister \| Royal Marine \| Seabee \| see life \| shikker \| skylark \| soap \| sodden \| soften up \| soft-soap \| sotted \| sportive \| spree \| step out \| string along \| stroke \| swabbie \| tease \| tiddly \| tipsy \| twit \| under the influence \| waggish \| wanton \| whoop it up See Also \| bait \| cod \| party \| rag \| rally \| razz \| ride \| tantalise \| tantalize \| taunt \| tease \| twit \| yawl Jolly In Webster's Dictionary \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Jollier} (-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Jolliest}.] [OF. joli, jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. yule; cf. Icel. j[=o]l yule, Christmas feast. See {Yule}.] 1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. --Shak. ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.'' --Wordsworth. 2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety. And with his jolly pipe delights the groves. --Prior. Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear. --Fairfax. 3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. ``A jolly cool wind.'' --Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.] Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. --Spenser. The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W. Irving. \Jol"ly\, v. t. To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.] We want you to jolly them up a bit. --Brander Matthews. At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and gently ``jollied'' the doctor's topography. --F. Remington. \Jol"ly\, n.; pl. {Jollies}. [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, a.] A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang] I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too! --Kipling.

Jolly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jolly?

[n] a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
[n] (British) a happy party
[adv] intensifier, as in"pretty big"; "pretty bad"; (`jolly' is used informally in Britain as in"jolly decent of him")
[adj] 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"
[v] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

Jolly In Webster's Dictionary

\Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Jollier}
(-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Jolliest}.] [OF. joli, jolif,
joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E.
yule; cf. Icel. j[=o]l yule, Christmas feast. See {Yule}.]
1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

         Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.       --Shak.

         ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But
         something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
                                               --Wordsworth.

2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
   gayety.

         And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                               --Prior.

         Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
                                               --Fairfax.

3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
   agreeable; pleasant. ``A jolly cool wind.'' --Sir T.
   North. [Now mostly colloq.]

         Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
                                               --Spenser.

         The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
                                               Irving.


\Jol"ly\, v. t.
To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to
feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or
bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.]

      We want you to jolly them up a bit.      --Brander
                                               Matthews.

      At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and
      gently ``jollied'' the doctor's topography. --F.
                                               Remington.


\Jol"ly\, n.; pl. {Jollies}. [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, a.]
A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang]

      I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an'
      sailor too!                              --Kipling.

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