'Jolly' definitions:

Definition of 'jolly'

From: WordNet
adverb
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]
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, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
noun
A happy party
noun
A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: jolly boat, jolly]
verb
Be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around" [syn: kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter]

Definition of 'Jolly'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Jolly'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.]

Definition of 'Jolly'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.]

Synonyms of 'jolly'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Jolly, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.