JOLLY
\d͡ʒˈɒli], \dʒˈɒli], \dʒ_ˈɒ_l_i]\
Definitions of JOLLY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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a happy party
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used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"
By Princeton University
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Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
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Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
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A marine in the English navy.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
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Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
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A marine in the English navy.
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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.
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Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
By Noah Webster.
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Jollier.
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Jolliest.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Merry; lively; full of life and mirth; expressing mirth or inspiring it; plump, like one in high health.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
