Definitions for jolly

Definitions for (noun) jolly

Main entry: jolly, jolly boat

Definition: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work


Main entry: jolly

Definition: a happy party


Definitions for (verb) jolly

Main entry: chaff, jolly, josh, kid, banter

Definition: be silly or tease one another

Usage: After we relaxed, we just kidded around


Definitions for (adj) jolly

Main entry: gay, merry, jolly, jovial, jocund, mirthful

Definition: full of or showing high-spirited merriment

Usage: 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


Definitions for (adv) jolly

Main entry: moderately, passably, somewhat, middling, jolly, reasonably, pretty, fairly

Definition: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree

Usage: pretty big; pretty bad; jolly decent of him; the shoes are priced reasonably; he is fairly clever with computers


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