Unscramble jollies

Definition of jolly

adjective:

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment; ; - Wordsworth; "when hearts were young and gay", "a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company", "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". Synonyms: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful.

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". Synonyms: fairly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat. Antonyms: immoderately, unreasonably.

noun:

• a happy party.
• a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work. Synonyms: jolly boat.

verb:

• be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around". Synonyms: banter, chaff, josh, kid.

Words nearby

colly, dolly, folly, holly, jelly, jolty, jowly, lolly, molly.

Rhymes with

ali, bali, bengali, bialy, brolly, cali, collie, colly, dali, dolly, folly, holly, internationale, internationale, kigali, lolly, mali, mexicali, mollie, molly.