jolly : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jolly	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for jolly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jolly adv to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers" Synonym(s): reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably Antonym(s): immoderately, unreasonably adj 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" Synonym(s): gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful n a happy party a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work Synonym(s): jolly boat, jolly v be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" Synonym(s): kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[ocr]l"l[ycr]), a. [Compar. {Jollier} (-l[icr][etil]r); superl. {Jolliest}.] [OF. joli, jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. yule; cf. Icel. j[omac]l yule, Christmas feast. See {Yule}.] 1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. Like a jolly* troop of huntsmen. --Shak. [bd]A jolly place,[b8] said he, [bd]in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.[b8] --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. [bd]A jolly cool wind.[b8] --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jolly \Jol"ly\, v. t. To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.] We want you to jolly them up a bit. --Brander Matthews. At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and gently [bd]jollied[b8] the doctor's topography. --F. Remington.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Jolly \Jol"ly\, n.; pl. {Jollies}. [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, a.] A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang] I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too! --Kipling.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Jolly, TX (city, FIPS 37924) Location: 33.87681 N, 98.34592 W Population (1990): 201 (67 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)