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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a happy party;

2. a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work;
[syn: jolly boat, jolly]


VERB (1)

1. be silly or tease one another;
- Example: "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
[syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. full of or showing high-spirited merriment;
- Example: "when hearts were young and gay"
- Example: "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
- Example: "the jolly crowd at the reunion"
- Example: "jolly old Saint Nick"
- Example: "a jovial old gentleman"
- Example: "have a merry Christmas"
- Example: "peals of merry laughter"
- Example: "a mirthful laugh"
[syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]


ADVERB (1)

1. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree;
- Example: "pretty big"
- Example: "pretty bad"
- Example: "jolly decent of him"
- Example: "the shoes are priced reasonably"
- Example: "he is fairly clever with computers"
[syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jolly \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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
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            Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.       --Shak.
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            "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
            But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
      gayety.
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            And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                                  --Prior.
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            Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
                                                  --Fairfax.
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   3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
      agreeable; pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." --Sir T. North.
      [Now mostly colloq.]
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            Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
                                                  --Spenser.
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            The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
                                                  Irving.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), 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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. Jollies
   (j[o^]l"l[i^]z). [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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

jolly
    adv 1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty
           big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are
           priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
           [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly,
           somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant:
           immoderately, unreasonably]
    adj 1: 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" [syn: gay, jocund,
           jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
    n 1: a happy party
    2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: jolly
       boat, jolly]
    v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
         kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh,
         banter]