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English to English adjective
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Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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full of or showing high-spirited merriment | | Example: when hearts were young and gay
a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company
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
source: wordnet30 adverb
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to a moderately sufficient extent or degree | | Example: pretty big
pretty bad
jolly decent of him
the shoes are priced reasonably
he is fairly clever with computers
source: wordnet30 noun
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a happy party | | source: wordnet30
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a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work | | source: wordnet30
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A marine in the English navy. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be silly or tease one another | | Example: After we relaxed, we just kidded around
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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