jolliness

jol·ly

 (jŏl′ē)

adj. jol·li·er, jol·li·est

1. Full of good humor and high spirits.

2. Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful: a jolly tune.

3. Greatly pleasing; enjoyable: had a jolly time.

adv. Chiefly British

To a great extent or degree; extremely.

v. jol·lied, jol·ly·ing, jol·lies

v.tr.

To keep amused or diverted for one's own purposes; humor.

v.intr.

To amuse oneself with humorous banter.

n. pl. jol·lies

1. Chiefly British A good or festive time.

2. jollies Slang Amusement; kicks: However you get your jollies is fine with me.

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[Middle English joli, from Old French, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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jol′li·ly adv.

jol′li·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

jolliness - feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor jollity, joviality gaiety, merriment - a gay feeling amiability, good humor, good humour, good temper - a cheerful and agreeable mood

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jolliness

noun

A state of joyful exuberance:

blitheness, blithesomeness, gaiety, glee, gleefulness, hilarity, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness.

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Translations

veselost

lystighed

Fröhlichkeit

gaîté

kátína

neşesevinç

jolliness

[ˈdʒɒlɪnɪs] N → jovialidad f

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jolly

(ˈdʒoli) adjective

merry and cheerful. He's in quite a jolly mood today. jolig, vrolik, plesierig, joviaal, jollie, lekker مَرِح، بَشوش развеселен alegre veselý fröhlich glad κεφάτοςalegre, divertido, gracioso lõbus شنگول؛ سرحال hyväntuulinen jovialעליז मौजी veseo jókedvű periang kátur allegro 陽気な 기분좋은 linksmas jautrs; priecīgs; līksms riang vrolijkfestlig, jovialwesoły خوشاله، تازه او غوړيدلى alegre vesel; jovial весёлый veselý vesel radostan munter, livad ร่าเริง neşeli, şen 開心的 веселий, жвавий خوش و خرم vui vẻ 快活的

adverb

very. Taste this – it's jolly good! deksels goed جِداً много muito hodně sehr virkelig πολύmuy, la mar de väga خیلی erittäin très בְּיוֹתֵר बहुत veselo nagyon sangat mjög molto とても 몹시, 매우 labai ļoti betul-betul ergveldig, knakendebardzo دیړه muito foarte очень veľmi, náramne, ohromne zelo veoma munterhet, skoj อย่างยิ่ง çok 非常 дуже بہت rất 非常

ˈjolliness, ˈjollity noun

joligheid, vrolikheid, speelsheid, feestelikheid, jolyt مَرَح، روح الفُكاهَه веселие jovialidade veselost die Fröhlichkeit lystighed ευθυμίαalegría, jovialidad lõbusus نشاط hyväntuulisuus gaîtéשמחה प्रमोद, उल्लास veselje vidámság, jókedv kegembiraan kátína allegria 陽気さ 즐거움 linksmumas jautrība; līksmība keseronokan vrolijkheidlystighet, moro, leven wesołość خوشالتيا، عيش، چړچى، ساتيرى jovialidade veselie веселье veselosť veselje radost munterhet, skoj อารมณ์รื่นเริง; ความรื่นเริง neşe, sevinç 開心 жвавість خوش باشی sự vui vẻ 欢乐，高兴

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