Found 3 items, similar to jolly.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: jolly gembira
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jolly jolly n 1: a happy party 2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: jolly boat ] adv : used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain); “pretty big”; “pretty bad”; “jolly decent of him” [syn: pretty] [also: jollied, jolliest, jollier] jolly adj : 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” [syn: gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful] [also: jollied, jolliest, jollier] jolly v : be silly or tease one another; “After we relaxed, we just kidded around” [syn: kid, chaff, josh, banter] [also: jollied, jolliest, jollier]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Jolly Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), a. [Compar. Jollier (-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Jolliest.] [OF. joli, jolif, joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E. yule; cf. Icel. j[=o]l yule, Christmas feast. See Yule.] [1913 Webster] 1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. [1913 Webster] Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. --Shak. [1913 Webster] “A jolly place,” said he, ``in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.'' --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety. [1913 Webster] And with his jolly pipe delights the groves. --Prior. [1913 Webster] Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster] 3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant. “A jolly cool wind.” --Sir T. North. [Now mostly colloq.] [1913 Webster] Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), v. t. To cause to be jolly; to make good-natured; to encourage to feel pleasant or cheerful; -- often implying an insincere or bantering spirit; hence, to poke fun at. [Colloq.] We want you to jolly them up a bit. --Brander Matthews. At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and gently “jollied” the doctor's topography. --F. Remington. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), n.; pl. Jollies (j[o^]l"l[i^]z). [Prob. fr. Jolly, a.] A marine in the English navy. [Sailor's Slang] I'm a Jolly -- 'Er Majesty's Jolly -- soldier an' sailor too! --Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]