jolly meaning and definition

JOLLY noun

Definition of jolly (noun)

1. a happy party
2. a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
   • synonyms: jolly boat

JOLLY verb

Definition of jolly (verb)

1. be silly or tease one another
   • "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
   • synonyms: banter, chaff, josh, kid

JOLLY adjective

Definition of jolly (adjective)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful

JOLLY adverb

Definition of jolly (adverb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: fairly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat
   • antonym: immoderately