Merry vs. Jolly — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Merry and Jolly
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Merry
Full of cheerfulness, liveliness, and good feelings
Merry revelers.
Jolly
Full of good humor and high spirits.
Merry
Marked by or offering fun, good feelings, and liveliness; festive
A merry evening.
Jolly
Exhibiting or occasioning happiness or mirth; cheerful
A jolly tune.
Merry
Brisk
A merry pace.
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Jolly
Greatly pleasing; enjoyable
Had a jolly time.
Merry
(Archaic) Delightful or pleasing.
Jolly
To a great extent or degree; extremely.
Merry
Jolly and full of high spirits; happy.
We had a very merry Christmas.
Jolly
To keep amused or diverted for one's own purposes; humor.
Merry
Festive and full of fun and laughter.
Everyone was merry at the party.
Jolly
To amuse oneself with humorous banter.
Merry
Brisk
The play moved along at a merry pace.
The car moved at a merry clip.
Jolly
Chiefly British A good or festive time.
Merry
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight.
A merry jest
Jolly
Jollies(Slang) Amusement; kicks
However you get your jollies is fine with me.
Merry
(euphemistic) drunk; tipsy
Some of us got a little merry at the office Christmas party.
Jolly
Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.
Merry
An English wild cherry.
Jolly
Splendid, excellent, pleasant.
Merry
Laughingly gay; overflowing with good humor and good spirits; jovial; inclined to laughter or play; sportive.
They drank, and were merry with him.
I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
Jolly
(informal) drunk
Merry
Cheerful; joyous; not sad; happy.
Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
Jolly
A pleasure trip or excursion.
Merry
Causing laughter, mirth, gladness, or delight; as, a merry jest.
His merie men commanded heTo make him bothe game and glee.
Jolly
A marine in the English navy.
Merry
A kind of wild red cherry.
Jolly
Very, extremely
It’s jolly hot in here, isn’t it?
Merry
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
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
Jolly
(transitive) To amuse or divert.
Merry
Offering fun and gaiety;
A gala ball after the inauguration
A festive (or festal) occasion
Gay and exciting night life
A merry evening
Jolly
Full of life and mirth; jovial; joyous; merry; mirthful.
Like a jolly troop of huntsmen.
"A jolly place," said he, "in times of old!But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
Merry
Quick and energetic;
A brisk walk in the park
A lively gait
A merry chase
Traveling at a rattling rate
A snappy pace
A spanking breeze
Jolly
Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and gayety.
And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
Jolly
Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively; agreeable; pleasant.
Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions.
Jolly
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.
We want you to jolly them up a bit.
At noon we lunched at the tail of the ambulance, and gently "jollied" the doctor's topography.
Jolly
A marine in the English navy.
I'm a Jolly - 'Er Majesty's Jolly - soldier an' sailor too!
Jolly
A happy party
Jolly
A yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work
Jolly
Be silly or tease one another;
After we relaxed, we just kidded around
Jolly
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
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
Jolly
Used as an intensifier (`jolly' is used informally in Britain);
Pretty big
Pretty bad
Jolly decent of him
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