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• He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.From the entry twinkle
• I don't know if this is how you get your jollies, but it's pretty screwed up.From the entry jollies
• The first edition of the book included the mistranscription "jolly days" for "July days".From the entry mistranscription
• He gets his jollies from peeking into the girls' locker room.From the entry get one's jollies
• For quotations using this term, see Citations:jollies.From the entry jollies
• When there was a shipping delay, the salesman jollied the purchasing agent along to keep him from canceling the order.From the entry jolly along
• All the staff I interacted with were superb - helpful, polite, jolly and smart.2025 November 12, 'Mystery Shopper', “Is Devon the cream of the crop?”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 48. From the entry exemplary
• "We jolly well ought to be able to encompass that on a lot of lines," he suggests.2022 April 6, Philip Haigh, “Passenger numbers increase... and freight must follow”, in RAIL, number 954, page 51. From the entry jolly well
• Stink listened to everything she said as jolly Christmas songs played incongruously in the background.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry incongruously
• 'Jolly D of you, Doctor, to grace the girls' end-of-term carol service.'2008, Richard Gordon, Doctor Gordon's Casebook, page 155. From the entry jolly D
• I would replace my jolly gait with a manly, wide-legged swagger.2007, Jim Tushinski, Jim Van Buskirk, Identity envy: wanting to be who we're not, page 73. From the entry sure up
• We had to march along behind one of our mistresses — they were all very jolly hockey-sticks.2005, Jim Christy, The redemption of Anna Dupree, page 122. From the entry jolly-hockey-sticks
• So unfret that brow, put your worries behind you, let's see some jolly light those eyes.2000, Robert Devereaux, Santa Steps Out, page 33. From the entry unfret
• At the end of the day, it's a jolly little game for a cheapy.1992, Jonny Quest (video game review) in Crash (issue 97, page 63). From the entry cheapy
• He climbed up your tree with his very own paws, hoping for honey from jolly St.1979 December 8, Bullock’s, “Because Christmas is Special”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 15, column 6. From the entry St. Claus
• I was skirring around New York like an ephemerid, my jacket lined with jolly psychedelic green.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry skirr
• To the "Sou' West" we owe such jolly little back-o'-beyond stations as Whithorn and Portpatrick.1941 January, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The Scottish Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 3. From the entry back of beyond
• “Won't look so jolly and simple life-ish,” Sylvester pronounced, “when the November rains are sopping down.”1928, Olive Wadsley, Traceries. From the entry simple-lifeish
• She is jolly and democratic which is a new thing in vice-reines.1922 October 15, Lucy Maud Montgomery, edited by Hildi Froese Tiessen and Paul Gerard Tiessen, After Green Gables: L.M. Montgomery’s…. From the entry vice-reine
• I shall jolly well have to succeed," said Michael light-heartedly; feeling unusually confident.1920, Eric Leadbitter, Rain Before Seven, page 122. From the entry pull off
• It's too bad, for she was the jolliest thing I ever knew .1912, Louisa May Alcott, An Old-fashioned Girl, page 20. From the entry poke
• "And wasn't it just jolly!" gloated a juvenile gleesome voice in a loud whisper.1907, Peter T. Harkness, Andy the Acrobat. From the entry gleesome
• Albert's uncle had had a jolly good breakfast—fish and eggs and bacon and three goes of marmalade.1904, E[dith] Nesbit, “(please specify the page)”, in New Treasure Seekers, London: Ernest Benn, →OCLC. From the entry go
• Well you know, sir, it's very difficult to have a favourite when it's all such jolly, rumpty-tumpty stuff.2014, Christopher Joll, The Speedicut Papers: Book 3 (1857-1865): Uncivil Wars, →ISBN, page 314. From the entry rumpty-tumpty
• Nick and how he came to be known as the jolly round man in the iconic red suit here.2011 December 25, Jenn Harris, “A look at the legend behind Santa Claus”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times…. From the entry St. Nick
• 'Jolly good, Oxford!' shouts one old buffty.2010, James Livingston, David Livingston, Blood over Water, →ISBN, page 25. From the entry buffty
• Polly couldn't abide Pat Walsh's bossy, jolly hockey-sticks manner and her curious predilection for calling absolutely everyone "babe."2003, Caroline Upcher, Falling for Mr. Wrong. From the entry jolly-hockey-sticks
• Mike getting his jollies in for the day.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer. From the entry get one's jollies
• Around the jolly corner, and off to the park.1961, 101 Dalmatians. From the entry turtle dove
• Under the jolly makeup and the artful padding, his mouth was shockingly twisted, and tears were running out of his eyes.1955 December, Alice Eleanor Jones, “The Happy Clown”, in James L[ouis] Quinn, editor, If: Worlds of Science Fiction, volume 6, number 1…. From the entry clothesies
• If Wilton croaked the criminal he did a jolly good day's work, and there's an end of it.1925, G. K. Chesterton, The Arrow of Heaven (first published in Nash's Pall Mall Magazine, Jul 1925). From the entry croak
• Automobile touring is in season in the Falltide and we speed along the roads in a jolly mood.1921, New York Star, volume 27, page 11. From the entry falltide
• Drink always rubbed him the right way, and he would reach his rooms as jolly as a sandboy.1910, O Henry, “The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball”, in The Trimmed Lamp. From the entry sandboy
• 'You are most awfully fetching to-night—you look so jolly mysterious somehow,' he said joyously, putting his cheek against hers.1906, Flora Annie Steel, chapter XXVI, in A Sovereign Remedy, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 318. From the entry wifelet
• Think of the jolly primevality of that.1902, Cosmo Hamilton, Indiscretions, page 134. From the entry primevality
• Jolly stunt! when I first came I was awfully afraid—” Gerald pulled himself up suddenly, and blushed scarlet.1901, Laura E. Richards, “Chapter XV. Jewels: And an Awakening”, in Fernley House, Boston: Dana Estes & Company, page 199. From the entry acrobatess

Meaning of jolly

1. adjective Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
2. adjective Splendid, excellent, pleasant.
3. adjective Drunk.

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How do you use jolly in a sentence?

Jolly is used as an adjective, noun and adverb. For example: “It’s jolly hot in here, isn’t it?”

What is a short sentence with jolly?

““They're jolly warm.””

What does jolly mean?

Jolly means full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.