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Detailed Synonyms for jolly in English

jolly:

jolly adj

  1. jolly
    bright
    – characterized by happiness or gladness 1
    • bright adj
      • bright faces1
      • all the world seems bright and gay1
  2. jolly
  3. jolly
    merry; jolly
  4. jolly

jolly adj

  1. jolly
    – full of or showing high-spirited merriment 1
    gay; merry; jolly; jovial; mirthful; jocund
    – full of or showing high-spirited merriment 1
    • gay adj
      • when hearts were young and gay1
      • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company1
    • merry adj
      • have a merry Christmas1
      • peals of merry laughter1
    • jolly adj
      • the jolly crowd at the reunion1
      • jolly old Saint Nick1
    • jovial adj
      • a jovial old gentleman1
    • mirthful adj
      • a mirthful laugh1
    • jocund adj
      • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company1

jolly adv

  1. jolly
    – to a moderately sufficient extent or degree 1
    pretty; fairly; somewhat; moderately; jolly; reasonably; middling; passably
    – to a moderately sufficient extent or degree 1

jolly [the ~] noun

  1. the jolly
    – a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work 1
    the jolly; the jolly boat
    – a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work 1
  2. the jolly
    – a happy party 1
    the jolly
    – a happy party 1

jolly verb

  1. jolly
    – be silly or tease one another 1
    to kid; jolly; to banter; chaff; josh
    – be silly or tease one another 1
    • kid verb (kids, kidded, kidding)
      • After we relaxed, we just kidded around1
    • jolly verb
    • banter verb (banters, bantered, bantering)
    • chaff verb
    • josh verb

Related Words for "jolly":

  • jolliness, jollier, jolliest

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Related Definitions for "jolly":

  1. full of or showing high-spirited merriment1
    • the jolly crowd at the reunion1
    • jolly old Saint Nick1
  2. to a moderately sufficient extent or degree1
    • jolly decent of him1
  3. a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work1
  4. a happy party1
  5. be silly or tease one another1

Related Synonyms for jolly