jolly

«jolly» in Mova's school dictionary: Happy, cheerful and friendly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (jolly, jollier, jolliest); adverb (UK, informal: jolly good); verb (jolly along — informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Happy, cheerful and friendly. tree →

2) (UK, informal, a bit old-fashioned) Very, as in «jolly good» or «jolly well». tree →

3) (verb, informal) «jolly someone along» — cheer them up to keep them going. tree →

4) (UK, noun, informal) A trip or outing for fun, as in «a jolly». tree →

5) A Jolly Roger is the black flag with a skull and crossbones that pirate ships flew. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories: Father Christmas is jolly, a jolly sailor. In British talk: «Jolly good!» «You jolly well will!» In songs: «For he's a jolly good fellow». It tells the reader the mood is happy.

examples

• Santa is a jolly man with a big laugh. tree →
• We had a jolly time at the party. tree →
• That's jolly good work! (UK) tree →
• You'll jolly well tidy your room! tree →
• The pirates sang a jolly song. tree →
• The staff went on a jolly to the seaside. tree →
• She jollied us along on the long walk. tree →

note

Comparatives: jollier, jolliest. «Jolly» meaning «very» is British and old-fashioned. The pirate flag is the «Jolly Roger». Adverb form «jollily» is rare.

In the corpora

• Why not stay on quietly here, like us, and be jolly?»
• It's the jolly times on shore that appeal to me».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «jolly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.