jolly

Letters that make jolly

o, j, l, y are letters that make 'jolly'

Words within jolly

are words within 'jolly'


5 possible definitions for 'jolly'

Jolly as "a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work"

Under this definition, jolly is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

jolly boat has the same meaning as jolly

jolly as a type

'jolly' can be a type of yawl.


Jolly as "full of or showing high-spirited merriment"

Under this definition, jolly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

merry, mirthful, gay, jocund, jovial have the same meaning as 'jolly'

Derivatives of jolly

jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, humorousness, joviality, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, glee, gleefulness, jocundity, jolly, jocularity, jollity, jolliness, conviviality are derivatives of 'jolly'.

Similar to jolly

joyous is similar to jolly.

Example of jolly used within this context

"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"


Jolly as "a happy party"

Under this definition, jolly is a noun and has the following properties:

jolly as a type

'jolly' can be a type of party.

jolly as a region

'jolly' can be a region of United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain

Derivatives of jolly

merry, mirthful, jolly, kid, chaff, banter, josh, gay, jocund, jovial are derivatives of 'jolly'.


Jolly as "be silly or tease one another"

Under this definition, jolly is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

kid, chaff, banter, josh have the same meaning as 'jolly'

jolly as a type

'jolly' can be a type of tantalize, tantalise, bait, razz, cod, ride, rag, twit, tease, rally, taunt.

Derivatives of jolly

jolly, give-and-take, banter, raillery, backchat are derivatives of 'jolly'.


Jolly as "to a moderately sufficient extent or degree"

Under this definition, jolly is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

somewhat, passably, middling, moderately, fairly, pretty, reasonably have the same meaning as 'jolly'

Antonyms

unreasonably, immoderately have the opposite meaning of 'jolly'

Pertain to jolly

moderate, fair, fairish, reasonable pertain to 'jolly'.

Example of jolly used within this context

"pretty big", "pretty bad", "jolly decent of him", "the shoes are priced reasonably", "he is fairly clever with computers"



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