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Meanings of jolly in anglès

portuguès
com justiça

To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.

    com justiça
    portuguès
    caçoar
    català
    fer broma
    espanyol
    bromear

    Be silly or tease one another.

          fer broma

          Full of or showing high-spirited merriment.

                Related terms

                A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work.

                      Usage of jolly in anglès
                      1
                      Jean Orteig said that the staff was mourning in a jolly way.
                      The new yorker
                      2
                      In addition to all this, you did jolly well in the O.T.C.
                      All for a Scrap of Paper: A Romance of the Present War
                      3
                      It was an unconscious movement that seemed too jolly for the situation.
                      Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
                      4
                      He felt jolly; he thought it was fun to fool the Crow.
                      Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10: The Guide
                      5
                      It is a bright little place, and very jolly in the season.
                      The Heavenly Twins
                      6
                      Emilie Kaye was a 'really wonderful old lady', she reported, 'quite jolly.
                      The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing...
                      7
                      A jolly journey we had of it; our pea-shooters were not inactive.
                      Tales of the Sea, and of Our Jack Tars
                      8
                      Thanksgiving came, and there were jolly good times in the Brown home.
                      Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show
                      9
                      Reprieved, the old king brightened up; by degrees becoming jolly as ever.
                      Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
                      10
                      During those few seconds, the jolly-looking alien received and pondered Gerald's reply.
                      Existence
                      11
                      Very soon, I believe; and I expect we shall have jolly times.
                      Isabel Leicester / A Romance by Maude Alma
                      12
                      Bring us the bowl, the merry bowl, the jolly and hot bowl.
                      The Grey Cloak
                      13
                      I know I should jolly-well think myself a Croesus with that capital.
                      Sally Bishop: A Romance
                      14
                      And I was so jolly careful-neverwas so careful in my life.
                      A College Girl
                      15
                      The three men had a jolly time, but in a quiet way.
                      A Desperate Chance; Or, The Wizard Tramp's Revelation, a Thrilli...
                      16
                      He wondered whether men were ever bright and jolly in such circumstances.
                      Mr. Scarborough's Family
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                      Translations for jolly
                      espanyol
                      bromear
                      Jolly through the time
                      Jolly across language varieties
                      United Kingdom
                      Common
                      Ireland
                      Less common
                      United States of America
                      Rare