Dictionary Entry
jolly
jolly is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
- 2superlative
Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
- 3superlative
Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
- 4noun
a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
- 5noun
a happy party
- 6verb
be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
- 7adjective
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"
- 8adverb
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
"pretty big"
"pretty bad"
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