Meaning & Definition of Jolly in English

1. A happy party

2. A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

1. Be silly or tease one another

• "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

1. Full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• "When hearts were young and gay"

• "A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company"- wordsworth

• "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"

1. 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"