Jolly
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[1913 Webster] The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), 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 "jollied" the doctor's topography. --F. Remington. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. Jollies (j[o^]l"l[i^]z). [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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]  jolly adv 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" [syn: reasonably, moderately, pretty, jolly, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] [ant: immoderately, unreasonably] adj 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" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful] n 1: a happy party 2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly boat}, jolly] v 1: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]  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)  jolly [dʒɔliː] lustig  jolly alaposan csinos derûs igen jókedvû jókedélyû kedves kiscsónak kisséboros meglehetôsen mulatozás muri nagyon pityókás rendes spicces tengerészgyalogos ténylegesen vidám víg jolly! éljen!  jolly angeheitert; beschwipst adj [ugs.] jolly (along) sb. [coll.] jdn. aufmuntern; jdn. aufheitern; jdm. gut zureden jolly fidel; lustig; fröhlich; vergnügt adj jolly [ugs.] prächtig; prachtvoll adj jolly [ugs.] mächtig; sehr; prima adv  Jolly, TX -- U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 188 Housing Units (2000): 73 Land area (2000): 0.985659 sq. miles (2.552844 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.985659 sq. miles (2.552844 sq. km) FIPS code: 37924 Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48 Location: 33.874304 N, 98.348556 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Jolly, TX Jolly  157 Moby Thesaurus words for "jolly": Naval Reservist, Royal Marine, Seabee, addled, animated, appease, banter, beery, bemused, besotted, blandish, blarney, blind drunk, blithe, blithesome, bluejacket, boon, boot, butter, butter up, buxom, cadet, cajole, carouse, celebrate, chaff, cheerful, cheery, coltish, convivial, crapulent, crapulous, cut loose, debauch, deceive, dizzy, drenched, drunk, drunken, exuberant, far-gone, festal, festive, flustered, fool, fou, free and easy, frisky, frivolous, frogman, frolicsome, full, fun, gala, gay, get around, giddy, gladsome, gleeful, glorious, gob, hail-fellow-well-met, happy, haze, hearty, hell around, high-spirited, hilarious, hoax, honey, horse marine, humor, in liquor, inebriate, inebriated, inebrious, intoxicated, jape, jest, jive, jocose, jocular, jocund, joke, jollify, josh, jovial, joyful, joyous, jubilant, kid, kid along, lark, laughter-loving, lay it on, let go, let loose, let off steam, lighthearted, make merry, make whoopee, marine, maudlin, mellow, merry, merrymaking, midshipman, midshipmite, mirth-loving, mirthful, mischievous, muddled, nappy, naval cadet, navy man, needle, oil, on the loose, overdo it, play up to, playful, put on, rag, raise hell, rally, razz, reeling, rejoicing, revel, rib, ride, risible, roast, roguish, roister, see life, shikker, skylark, soap, sodden, soft-soap, soften up, sotted, sportive, spree, step out, string along, stroke, swabbie, tease, tiddly, tipsy, twit, under the influence, waggish, wanton, whoop it up Jolly related |
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