- 1. superl. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. Source: opted
- 2. superl. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety. Source: opted
- 3. superl. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. Source: opted
- 4. adj. full of or showing high-spirited merriment Source: wordnet
- 5. n. a happy party Source: wordnet
- 6. n. a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work Source: wordnet
- 7. adv. to certain extent or degree Source: wordnet
- 8. v. be silly or tease one another Source: wordnet
- 9. 1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. Shak. "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed." Wordsworth. 2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety. And with his jolly pipe delights the groves. Prior. Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear. Fairfax. 3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.] Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. Spenser. The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. W. Irving. Source: webster
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