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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]

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.
      [1913 Webster]

            Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.       --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

            "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!
            But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
                                                  --Wordsworth.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
      gayety.
      [1913 Webster]

            And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                                  --Prior.
      [1913 Webster]

            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.]
      [1913 Webster]

            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.]

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.]

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


Thesaurus Results for jolly:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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