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How to pronounce jolly in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms jolly boat
Type of yawl
Type Words
Synonyms banter, chaff, josh, kid
Type of taunt, tease, twit, rag, bait, cod, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize
Type Words
Synonyms gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful
Derivation jolliness, jollity


the jolly crowd at the reunion.
jolly old Saint Nick.
Type Words
Synonyms fairly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat


jolly decent of him.
Type Words
Type of party

Examples of jolly

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Instead, Reagan reversed course without any telltale dimming of his jolly smile.
From the tennessean.com
This is like a jolly house-warming before the new occupants have fully moved in.
From the guardian.co.uk
Jolly graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a B.A. in journalism in 1977.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Jolly senior citizens are sipping wine at tables their great grandparents used.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Surely, the right jolly ol'man will make his Christmas dreams come true, right?
From the time.com
A jolly old elf rather than an illegitimate child, destined for an early death.
From the sacbee.com
The chilly front room is bit more austere, but the bar is wide, wooden and jolly.
From the post-gazette.com
Santa Claus, that jolly old elf, has brought a smile to kids all over the area.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Your mate is in a jolly mood now, but you may find it difficult to talk calmly.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • A happy party
  • Gay: 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 ...
  • Kid: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
  • Reasonably: 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"
  • Jolly boat: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
  • (jolliness) jollity: feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
  • Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, love, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources.
  • Jolly is a famous Italian record company founded in 1958 by Walter Guertler.
  • Jolly is a city in Clay County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 188 at the 2000 census.