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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), adjective [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}.]
1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. --Shak.
''A jolly place,'' said he, ''in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.'' --Wordsworth.
2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
And with his jolly pipe delights the groves. --Prior.
Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear. --Fairfax.
3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. ''A jolly cool wind.'' --Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.]
Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. --Spenser.
The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W. Irving.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), verb (used with an object) 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.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), noun; pl. {Jollies} (j[o^]l"l[i^]z). [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, adjective] 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.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jolly
adjective: 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}, {jovial}, {merry}, {mirthful}]
noun
1: a happy party
2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly boat}]
adverb: used as an intensifier ('jolly' is used informally in Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him" [syn: {pretty}]
verb: be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {josh}, {banter}] [also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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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