jolly


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]