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It's really refreshing to see a sensible, straightforward girl, who can be jolly and kind without making a fool of herself.

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 Meanings and Examples of JOLLY
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jolly
 v.  be joyous, merry, and mirthful; excite mirth and gayety; keep amused or diverted
Classic Sentence: (45 in 4 pages)
1  Curly black hair, brown skin, big black eyes, handsome nose, fine teeth, small hands and feet, taller than I am, very polite, for a boy, and altogether jolly.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
2  He needs a party of jolly boys to play with, or somebody young and lively.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
3  Meg and I would make you laugh over our funny stage properties, and we'd have jolly times.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FIVE
4  He is always kind and jolly, and will put me to rights, I know, said Jo to herself, and off she went.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER EIGHT
5  Mr. Moffat was a fat, jolly old gentleman, who knew her father, and Mrs. Moffat, a fat, jolly old lady, who took as great a fancy to Meg as her daughter had done.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
6  Some English girls and boys are coming to see me tomorrow and I want to have a jolly time.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
7  The Portuguese held his tongue like a brick, and walked the plank, while the jolly tars cheered like mad.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
8  No, don't cry, but hear what a jolly plan I've got.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
9  Meg is happy, Brooke will fly round and get settled immediately, Grandpa will attend to him, and it will be very jolly to see Meg in her own little house.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
10  He has been so kind and jolly that we all got quite fond of him.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
11  It's really refreshing to see a sensible, straightforward girl, who can be jolly and kind without making a fool of herself.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
12  Franz and Emil are jolly little lads, quite after my own heart, for the mixture of German and American spirit in them produces a constant state of effervescence.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
13  But in spite of these unromantic facts, I have nothing to complain of, and never was so jolly in my life.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
14  He had a red face and a loud voice and jolly ways.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
15  "Yes: the sunrise WAS jolly," he agreed.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
Example Sentence:
1  The boss will certainly be jolly angry.
2  Everybody was in a very relaxed and jolly mood.
3  On these holidays, parents do their best to jolly kids up.