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jolly - Dictionary definition and meaning for word
jolly
Definition
(noun) a happy party
Definition
(noun) a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
Synonyms
:
jolly boat
Definition
(verb) be silly or tease one another
Synonyms
:
banter
,
chaff
,
josh
,
kid
Example Sentence
After we relaxed, we just kidded around
Definition
(adj) full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Synonyms
:
gay
,
jocund
,
jovial
,
merry
,
mirthful
Example Sentence
when hearts were young and gay
a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
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
Definition
(adv) to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
Synonyms
:
fairly
,
middling
,
moderately
,
passably
,
pretty
,
reasonably
,
somewhat
Example Sentence
pretty big
pretty bad
jolly decent of him
the shoes are priced reasonably
he is fairly clever with computers
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