Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being jolly; gaiety; festivity; jollity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Jollity; noisy mirth.
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- noun Jollity; noisy mirth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
Etymologies
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Examples
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This arrangement was very satisfactory to all parties, and Blanche remarked that, apart from the "jolliness" of being together, she would have an easy time, because, as Marjory was an invalid, there could be no scoldings.
Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Margaret Bruce Clarke
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Presented by old hand Angus Deayton, it was a jolly listen, with most of the jolliness provided by Miles Jupp's dad, who gave the answers for Miles's round, and Rufus Hound, who has quite the most infectious chuckle on radio.
Rewind radio: The Archers; Victoria Derbyshire; Keys and Gray; It's Your Round – review 2011
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Sarah, meanwhile, in a Stepford Wife-like sing songy voice skips around the campgrounds with a jolliness that is almost as troubling as Kate's Debbie-downer demeanor.
Jessica Levinson: Clash of the Titans: An Ode to Sarah Palin Jessica Levinson 2010
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Sarah, meanwhile, in a Stepford Wife-like sing songy voice skips around the campgrounds with a jolliness that is almost as troubling as Kate's Debbie-downer demeanor.
Jessica Levinson: Clash of the Titans: An Ode to Sarah Palin Jessica Levinson 2010
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I am sad to admit I kinda dig this for the whimsical jolliness aspect.
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Sarah, meanwhile, in a Stepford Wife-like sing songy voice skips around the campgrounds with a jolliness that is almost as troubling as Kate's Debbie-downer demeanor.
Jessica Levinson: Clash of the Titans: An Ode to Sarah Palin Jessica Levinson 2010
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Sarah, meanwhile, in a Stepford Wife-like sing songy voice skips around the campgrounds with a jolliness that is almost as troubling as Kate's Debbie-downer demeanor.
Jessica Levinson: Clash of the Titans: An Ode to Sarah Palin Jessica Levinson 2010
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Love is actually the working theme here -- falling in love with someone else who loves you for the fat person you are, in an American culture that at once acknowledges its obesity-related health issues and then wishes them away with hugs and jolliness.
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It entails boy's-adventure jolliness, raffish character comedy, social satire, dialect humor, maybe-metaphorical farce, a parody of morbidly sentimental verse.
Books on Southern Humor Roy Blount Jr. 2009
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There always seemed to be a forced jolliness and a rather grim determination to see the New Year in with style, that usually left me with a flat feeling of failed expectations the next morning.
Archive 2008-01-01 The List Writer 2008
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