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adjective
1.
in good spirits; gay; merry: In a moment he was as jolly as ever.
2.
cheerfully festive or convivial: a jolly party.
3.
joyous; happy: Christmas is a jolly season.
4.
Chiefly British Informal. delightful; charming.
5.
British.
a.
Informal. great; thorough: a jolly blunderer.
b.
Slang. slightly drunk; tipsy.
verb (used with object)
6.
Informal. to talk or act agreeably to (a person) in order to keep that person in good humor, especially in the hope of gaining something (usually followed by along): They jollied him along until the job was done.
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verb (used without object)
7.
Informal. to jolly a person; josh; kid.
noun
8.
Informal. the practice or an instance of jollying a person.
9.
Usually, jollies. Informal. pleasurable excitement, especially from or as if from something forbidden or improper; thrills; kicks: He gets his jollies from watching horror movies.
adverb
10.
British Informal. extremely; very: He'll jolly well do as he's told.
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Example Sentences
- Some exhausted negotiators might count that a jolly good thing.
- The imam was round and jolly and sat cross-legged under a whirring ceiling fan.
- They're tasty enough to deserve a place in your jolly times throughout the months of summer.
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Word Origin & History
jolly
c.1300, from O.Fr. jolif "festive, merry, amorous, pretty" of uncertain origin (cf. It. giulivo "merry, pleasant"), perhaps a Gmc. loan-word from a source akin to O.N. jol "a winter feast" (see yule), or from L. gaudere "to rejoice." Jollification "merrymaking" is from 1809;
EXPANDshortened form jolly led to phrase get (one's) jollies "have fun" (1957). A jolly boat (1727) is probably from Dan. jolle (17c.) or Du. jol (1680s), both related to yawl (q.v.); or it may be from M.E. jolywat (late 15c.) "a ship's small boat," of unknown origin.
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