adjective
1.Happy and cheerful.
‘he was a jolly man full of jokes’
‘Mykela was remembered as a jolly little angel, full of life and mischief.’
2.Lively and entertaining.
‘we had a very jolly time’
‘A pristine set - punctuated with jolly crowd banter is what one comes to expect from Reuben, and they never fail to deliver.’
adverb
1.Very; extremely.
‘he is jolly busy’
‘They were jolly nice, and they’ve got this lilting kind of accent.’
noun
1.A clinker-built ship’s boat that is smaller than a cutter, typically hoisted at the stern of the ship.
‘About the time I first noted reports of the Medas Isles in Diver in the late 1980s, I was on a corporate jolly to Marbella on the Costa del Sol.’
‘Then the crew, minus the few who were to stand watch, piled into the jolly boats to go ashore.’
2.A party or celebration.
‘these events were jollies’
‘some regard it as a bit of a jolly’
verb
1.Encourage (someone) in a friendly way.
‘he jollied people along’
‘they were trying to jolly her out of her torpor’
2.Make someone or something more lively or cheerful.
‘ideas to jolly up a winter’s party’
‘There was a time when his plain speaking was a joy to the ear but can’t you just jolly it up a bit, Al?’
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