'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
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
- 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,
- Naval Reservist,
- 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,
- Royal Marine,
- Seabee,
- 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
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.