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Adjective: jolly (jollier,jolliest)  jólee
  1. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment
    "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"
    - gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful
Noun: jolly  jólee
  1. [Brit] A happy party
     
  2. A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
    - jolly boat
Verb: jolly  jólee
  1. Be silly or tease one another
    - kid, chaff, josh, banter
Adverb: jolly  jólee
Usage: Brit
  1. To a moderately sufficient extent or degree
    "jolly decent of him"
    - reasonably, moderately, pretty, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably, middlingly, averagely

Derived forms: jollied, jollier, jollies, jolliest, jollying

See also: jolliness, joyous

Type of: bait, cod, party, rag, rally, razz [N. Amer], ride, tantalise [Brit], tantalize, taunt, tease, twit, yawl

Encyclopedia: Jolly, Philipp Johann Gustav von Jolly Jolly, Texas Jolly, TX