jolly as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
as a adverb: - 1
jolly
noun
1 jolly
A happy party.
Roget 269:
sailor,
mariner,
navigator;
seaman,
seafarer,
seafaring man;
dock walloper [Slang];
tar,
jack tar,
salt,
able seaman,
A. B.;
man-of-war's man,
bluejacket,
galiongee†,
galionji†,
marine,
jolly,
midshipman,
middy;
skipper;
shipman†,
boatman,
ferryman,
waterman†,
lighterman†,
bargeman,
longshoreman;
bargee†,
gondolier;
oar,
oarsman;
rower;
boatswain,
cockswain†;
coxswain;
steersman,
pilot;
crew.
aerial navigator,
aeronaut,
balloonist,
Icarus;
aeroplanist†,
airman,
aviator,
birdman,
man-bird,
wizard of the air,
aviatrix,
flier,
pilot,
test pilot,
glider pilot,
bush pilot,
navigator,
flight attendant,
steward,
stewardess,
crew;
astronaut,
cosmonaut;
parachutist,
paratrooper.
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2 jolly
A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work.
synonym: jolly boat.
Dutch: jol, sloep
verb
1 jolly
adjective
1 jolly
Full of or showing high-spirited merriment:
— The jolly crowd at the reunion.
— Jolly old Saint Nick.
synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful.
Roget 840:
amusing,
entertaining,
diverting
etc.
v.;
recreational,
recreative,
lusory†;
pleasant
etc.
(pleasing)
829;
laughable
etc.
(ludicrous)
853;
witty
etc.
842;
fun,
festive,
festal;
jovial,
jolly,
jocund,
roguish,
rompish†;
playful,
playful as a kitten;
sportive,
ludibrious†.
funny;
very funny,
hilarious,
uproarious,
side-splitting.
amused
etc.
v.;
pleased with a rattle, tickled with a pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw"
[Pope];
laughing
etc.
v.;
risible;
ready to burst,
ready to split,
ready to die with laughter;
convulsed with laughter,
rolling in the aisles.
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Roget 192:
large,
big;
great
etc.
(in quantity)
31;
considerable,
bulky,
voluminous,
ample,
massive,
massy;
capacious,
comprehensive;
spacious
etc.
180;
mighty,
towering,
fine,
magnificent.
corpulent,
stout,
fat,
obese,
plump,
squab,
full,
lusty,
strapping,
bouncing;
portly,
burly,
well-fed,
full-grown;
corn fed,
gram fed;
stalwart,
brawny,
fleshy;
goodly;
in good case,
in good condition;
in condition;
chopping,
jolly;
chub faced,
chubby faced.
lubberly,
hulky,
unwieldy,
lumpish,
gaunt,
spanking,
whacking,
whopping,
walloping,
thumping,
thundering,
hulking;
overgrown;
puffy
etc.
(swollen)
194.
huge,
immense,
enormous,
mighty;
vast,
vasty;
amplitudinous,
stupendous;
monster,
monstrous,
humongous,
monumental;
elephantine,
jumbo,
mammoth;
gigantic,
gigantean,
giant,
giant like,
titanic;
prodigious,
colossal,
Cyclopean,
Brobdingnagian,
Bunyanesque,
Herculean,
Gargantuan;
infinite
etc.
105.
large as life;
plump as a dumpling,
plump as a partridge;
fat as a pig,
fat as a quail,
fat as butter,
fat as brawn,
fat as bacon.
immeasurable,
unfathomable,
unplumbed;
inconceivable,
unimaginable,
unheard-of.
of cosmic proportions;
of epic proportions,
the mother of all,
teh granddaddy of all.
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Roget 892:
sociable,
companionable,
clubbable,
conversable†,
cosy,
cosey†,
chatty,
conversational;
homiletical.
convivial;
festive,
festal;
jovial,
jolly,
hospitable.
welcome,
welcome as the roses in May;
f=eted,
entertained.
free and easy,
hall fellow well met,
familiar,
on visiting terms,
acquainted.
social,
neighborly;
international;
gregarious.
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adverb
1 jolly
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