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What (who) is jolly - definition
MENTAL OR EMOTIONAL STATE OF WELL-BEING CHARACTERIZED BY PLEASANT EMOTIONS
Enjoyment; Happy; Gladness; Lightheartedness; Jolly; Light-hearted; Light-Hearted; Happiness theory; Happyness; Cheerfulness; Rejoicing; Felicitous; Religion and happiness; Happiness and religion; Cheerful; How To Be Happy; Hapiness; Mood lift; Jolliness; Gaiety (mood); Happiest; Happineſs; Draft:Happiness; Theory of happiness; Mood elation; Mood increase; Mood elevation; Mood elevated
![Worldwide levels of happiness as measured by the [[World Happiness Report]] (2023)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/World map of countries by World Happiness Report score (2023).svg?width=200 "Worldwide levels of happiness as measured by the [[World Happiness Report]] (2023)")
jolly
a.
1.
Merry, joyous, joyful, gay, jovial, airy, mirthful, jocund, playful, frolicsome, sportive, gamesome, funny, facetious, jocular, waggish, sprightly, lively, jocund, blithe, blithesome, cheery, cheerful.
2.
Plump, stout, lusty, bouncing, portly, chubby, in good case.
Jolly
·add. ·adj A marine in the English navy.
II. Jolly ·superl Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
III. Jolly ·superl Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
IV. Jolly ·superl Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
V. Jolly ·add. ·vt 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.
jolly
jolly1
¦ adjective (jollier, jolliest) happy and cheerful.
?informal lively and entertaining.
¦ verb (jollies, jollying, jollied) informal encourage in a friendly way.
?(jolly someone/thing up) make someone or something more jolly.
¦ adverb Brit. informal very.
¦ noun (plural jollies) Brit. informal a party or celebration.
Phrases
get one's jollies informal have a good time; have fun.
jolly well Brit. informal used for emphasis: I should jolly well hope so!
Derivatives
jollily adverb
jolliness noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. jolif, an earlier form of joli 'pretty', perh. from ON jol (see Yule).
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jolly2
(also jolly boat)
¦ noun (plural jollies) a clinker-built ship's boat that is smaller than a cutter.
Origin
C18: perh. related to yawl.
Wikipedia
Happiness
Happiness, in the context of mental or emotional states, is positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. Other forms include life satisfaction, well-being, subjective well-being, flourishing and eudaimonia.
Since the 1960s, happiness research has been conducted in a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including gerontology, social psychology and positive psychology, clinical and medical research and happiness economics.
Examples of use of jolly
1. It is a myth that Swedes are jolly, happy people.
2. Id rather tell kids that they have done jolly well.
3. The WAGS went out to Germany for a conspicuous jolly.
4. Santa Meldrew: Christmas ‘tis not the season to be jolly.
5. Hair of the Jolly Dog By Nathan Toohey Staff Writer Nathan Toohey / MT Jolly Dog Pub has a wide variety of dishes and balanced range of beers.