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jolly
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[ adjective ] full of or showing high-spirited merriment
Examples "when hearts were young and gay" "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" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)Joseph_Jastrow , the younger son of the distinguished rabbi , Marcus_Jastrow , was a friendly , round-faced fellow with a little mustache , whose field was psychology , and who was also a punster and a jolly tease . This included Mamma , jolly , generous , and pretty , with whom they all fell_in_love , just as Papa had first fallen_in_love with her Mamma before he chose her ; and when a young_man like Morris_Jastrow had enjoyed the Szold hospitality , he felt obliged to send his respects and his gifts not merely to Henrietta , in whom he was really interested , but to all the Szold girls and Mamma . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] intensifier, as in "pretty big"
Synonyms Examples "pretty bad" (`jolly' is used informally in Britain as in "jolly decent of him") Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1819
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
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