jolly

nouns

a happy party
jolly
domain region
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
is a type of (narrower)
an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment
"he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day"
party
a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
jolly, jolly boat

verbs

be silly or tease one another
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
banter, chaff, jolly, josh, kid

adjectives

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"
gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful
is derived from
jolliness
is derived from
jollity

adverbs

to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
"pretty big"; "pretty bad"; "jolly decent of him"; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"
fairly, jolly, middling, moderately, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat