"jolly" in the noun sense
1. jolly
a happy party
2. jolly boat, jolly
a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
"jolly" in the verb sense
1. kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
"jolly" in the adjective sense
1. gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
"when hearts were young and gay"
"a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- Wordsworth
"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"
"jolly" in the adverb sense
1. reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably
to certain extent or degree
"pretty big"
"pretty bad"
"jolly decent of him"
"the shoes are priced reasonably"
"he is fairly clever with computers"
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