jolly (
http://definr.com/jolly)
adj : 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"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn:
gay,
jocund,
jovial,
merry,
mirthful]
n 1: (British) a happy party
2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly
boat}]
adv : intensifier, as in "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; (`jolly' is
used informally in Britain as in "jolly decent of him")
[syn:
pretty]
v : be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
kidded around" [syn:
kid,
chaff,
banter]