资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Jolly \Jol"ly\ (j[o^]l"l[y^]), a. [Compar. {Jollier}
   (-l[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Jolliest}.] [OF. joli, jolif,
   joyful, merry, F. joli pretty; of Scand. origin, akin to E.
   yule; cf. Icel. j[=o]l yule, Christmas feast. See {Yule}.]
   1. Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.

            Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.       --Shak.

            ``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But
            something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
      gayety.

            And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
                                                  --Prior.

            Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
                                                  --Fairfax.

   3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
      agreeable; pleasant. ``A jolly cool wind.'' --Sir T.
      North. [Now mostly colloq.]

            Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
                                                  --Spenser.

            The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
                                                  Irving.

资料来源 : WordNet®

jolly
     n 1: a happy party
     2: a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work [syn: {jolly
        boat}]
     adv : used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in
           Britain); "pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of
           him" [syn: {pretty}]
     [also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]

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}]
     [also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]

jolly
     v : be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just
         kidded around" [syn: {kid}, {chaff}, {josh}, {banter}]
     [also: {jollied}, {jolliest}, {jollier}]

jollier
     See {jolly}