Jolly
['dʒɒlɪ] or ['dʒɑli]
Definition
(superl.) Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
(superl.) Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
(superl.) Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Merry, joyous, joyful, gay, jovial, airy, mirthful, jocund, playful, frolicsome, sportive, gamesome, funny, facetious, jocular, waggish, sprightly, lively, jocund, wanton.[2]. Plump, stout, lusty, bouncing, portly, chubby, in good case.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Gay, joyful, gladsome, mirthful, genial, jovial, jubilant, robust, lively,plump, merry
ANT:Sad, mournful, joyless, cheerless, unmirthful, lugubrious, morose, gloomy,lean
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Definition
adj. merry: expressing or exciting mirth jovial: comely robust.—n. Jollificā′tion a making jolly: noisy festivity and merriment.—adv. Joll′ily.—ns. Joll′iment (Spens.) merriment; Joll′ity Joll′iness.—adv. Joll′y (coll.) uncommonly.
Checker: Lorenzo
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you feel jolly and are enjoying the merriment of companions, you will realize pleasure from the good behavior of children and have satisfying results in business. If there comes the least rift in the merriment, worry will intermingle with the success of the future.
Typist: Manfred
Unserious Contents or Definition
v. t., To 'con' or 'josh.'
Editor: Rodney
Examples
- And I fancy I jolly well deserved it, he added thoughtfully. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The merry King, nothing heeding his dignity any more than his company, laughed, quaffed, and jested among the jolly band. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You can beat Tammany Hall permanently in one way--by making the government of a city as human, as kindly, as jolly as Tammany Hall. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But it would have been jolly to see the sunrise. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The Six Jolly Fellowships won't run away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I think a waltz would be jollier than that, said Maurice, when she returned to her seat. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You cannot endow even the best machine with initiative; the jolliest steam-roller will not plant flowers. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was the jolliest laugh, but yet the most dreadful, that one can imagine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If I could choose, I should say a minute,' replied Eugene, 'for the Jolly Fellowship Porters are not the jolliest dogs I have known. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Checker: Sabina