definition of
jolly

[1] #1 jolly s. [gay, jocund, jovial, merry, mirthful] 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". wn

[2] #2 jolly n. a happy party. wn

[3] #3 jolly v. [kid, chaff, josh, banter] be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around". wn

[4] #4 jolly r. [reasonably, moderately, pretty, somewhat, fairly, middling, passably] to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers". wn

[5] #5 jolly n. [jolly boat] a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work. wn