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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
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]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), a. [Compar. Jollier
(-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Jolliest.] [OF. joli, jolif,
joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E.
yule; cf. Icel. j[=o]l yule, Christmas feast. See Yule.]
[1913 Webster]
1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
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Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. --Shak.
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"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
--Wordsworth.
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2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
gayety.
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And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
--Prior.
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Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
--Fairfax.
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3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
agreeable; pleasant. "A jolly cool wind." --Sir T. North.
[Now mostly colloq.]
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Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
--Spenser.
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The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
Irving.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.]
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5. U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) |
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
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Thesaurus Results for jolly:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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 |
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