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jollier

US/ˈd͡ʒɑliɚ/

jollier is the comparative form of jolly.

Meaning of jolly

Adjective

jolly (comparative jollier, superlative jolliest)

  1. Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
    • "Full jolly Knight he seemed […] full large of limb and every joint / He was, and cared not for God or man a point."1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, , stanzas xi-xii
    Synonyms:
    jocund, cheerful
  2. (colloquial, dated) Splendid, excellent, pleasant.
    • Jo silently notices how white and small her hand is and what a jolly servant she must be to wear such sparkling rings.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 16, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
  3. (informal) Drunk.

See all 14 meanings of jolly

Questions about jollier

What is jollier the comparative form of?
Jollier is the comparative form of jolly.
How do you pronounce jollier?
Jollier is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɑliɚ/ (US).

Words near jollier in the dictionary

  1. jolleyman
  2. jolleymen
  3. jolleys
  4. jollied
  5. jollied along
  6. jollier
  7. jollies
  8. jollies along
  9. jolliest
  10. Jolliff
  11. Jolliffe

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