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jolly

[jol-ee]

adjective

jollier, jolliest 
  1. in good spirits; lively; merry.

    In a moment he was as jolly as ever.

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  2. cheerfully festive or convivial.

    a jolly party.

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  3. joyous; happy.

    Christmas is a jolly season.

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  4. Chiefly British Informal.Ģżdelightful; charming.

  5. British.Ģż

    1. Informal.Ģżgreat; thorough.

      a jolly blunderer.

    2. Slang.Ģżslightly drunk; tipsy.



verb (used with object)

jollied, jollying 
  1. Informal.Ģżto talk or act agreeably to (a person) in order to keep that person in good humor, especially in the hope of gaining something (usually followed byalong ).

    They jollied him along until the job was done.

verb (used without object)

jollied, jollying 
  1. Informal.Ģżto jolly a person; josh; kid.

noun

plural

jollies 
  1. Informal.Ģżthe practice or an instance of jollying a person.

  2. Informal.ĢżUsually jollies. pleasurable excitement, especially from or as if from something forbidden or improper; thrills; kicks.

    He gets his jollies from watching horror movies.

adverb

  1. British Informal.Ģżextremely; very.

    He'll jolly well do as he's told.

jolly

/ ˈ»åĻōɒ±ōÉŖ /

adjective

  1. full of good humour; jovial

  2. having or provoking gaiety and merrymaking; festive

  3. greatly enjoyable; pleasing

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adverb

  1. (intensifier)

    you're jolly nice

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verb

  1. to try to make or keep (someone) cheerful

  2. to make goodnatured fun of

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noun

  1. informalĢża festivity or celebration

  2. informalĢża trip, esp one made for pleasure by a public official or committee at public expense

  3. slangĢża Royal Marine

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • jollily adverb
  • jolliness noun
  • unjolly adjective
  • ˈĀį“DZō±ō¾±²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of jolly1

1275–1325; Middle English joli, jolif < Old French, equivalent to jol- (probably < Old Norse Āįō±ō Yule ( def. ) ) + -if -ive
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of jolly1

C14: from Old French jolif, probably from Old Norse Āįō±ō yule
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Soon after it disappeared, Stone recorded ā€œEveryday People,ā€ a jolly song about tolerance that featured an unusual one-note bassline by Graham, and popularized the phrase ā€œdifferent strokes for different folks.ā€

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In those clips, D’Amaro is typically beaming, elevating him to a jolly brand ambassador for the ā€œhappiest place on earth.ā€

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"Being shot into space on a billionaire's jolly while everyone watches that on social media platforms interspersed with war and the climate crisis... just feels tonally not ideal," he says.

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ā€œTo you, my jolly good friend gone wild.ā€

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Thomas arrives in a Romanian village, where he encounters a group of jolly gypsies who laugh at him and warn him and whose blood rituals he witnesses in the night.

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