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1. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment
   "the jolly crowd at the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick";
   - gay, jocund [formal], jovial, merry, mirthful

1. [Brit, NZ, informal] A happy party
    
2. A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
   - jolly boat

1. Be silly or tease one another
   "After we relaxed, we just jollied around";
   - kid [informal], chaff, josh [informal], banter
    
2. Cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
   - cheer, cheer up, jolly along [informal], jolly up [informal], buck up [informal]
    
3. Become cheerful
   - cheer, cheer up, buck up [informal]

1. To certain extent or degree
   "jolly decent of him";
   - reasonably, moderately, pretty [informal], somewhat, fairly, middling, passably, middlingly, averagely

Derived forms: jollying, jollied, jolliest, jollier, jollies

See also: joyous

Type of: bait, cod [Brit, informal], joy, party, rag, rally, razz [N. Amer, informal], rejoice, ride [N. Amer, informal], taunt, tease, twit [informal], wind up [Brit, informal], yawl

Encyclopedia: Jolly, Robert