jollilyadv.
/ˈdʒɒlᵻli/, U.S. /ˈdʒɑləli/ In a jolly manner.† 2. Amorously; licentiously. Obsolete.† 3. Finely, handsomely, gaily. Obsolete.
1. Cheerfully, gaily, merrily, jovially; †spiritedly, gallantly, boldly, insolently (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [adverb]
jollily13..
presumptuouslyc1425
presumptiouslya1500
presumantlyc1536
presumingly1599
overweeningly1611
arrogatingly1652
overcomingly1653
presumptorily1681
assumingly1839
hubristically1907
the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adverb]
heartlyc1300
jollily13..
heartilya1450
a-pluck?1562
gallantlya1616
pluckily1790
gamely1811
spunkily1890
the mind > emotion > pleasure > merriment > [adverb]
merryOE
feastlya1325
gailya1375
gay?a1400
festivally?c1400
merrilyc1400
jocundly1471
mirthfully1508
jolly1615
chirpingly1650
jollily1670
jovially1704
festively1793
gleeishly1828
gleesomely1850
gleefully1862
hilariously1863
13.. K. Alis. 4753 (4737) Who þat haþ trewe amye Ioliflich he may hym in here afyȝe.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 99 Redi..to werre jolily aȝenst cristene men.
c1420 Anturs of Arth. xxxix So iolyly thes gentille iustede one were.
1547 J. Hooper Answer Detection Deuyls Sophistrye iv Lord, I knew thy trewthe, and Iolyly pratyd of the same.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 36 b Wherein you triumph so Iollylye.
1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 303 Sitting jollily at dinner.
a1790 B. Franklin Autobiogr. (1981) iii. 147 Having done a good Days work they spent the Evenings jollily.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ix. 215 Baldwin was silent, thinking and smiling jollily.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [adverb]
untowelya1230
jollilyc1400
wantonlyc1405
small?c1450
nice?1544
loosely1548
licentiously1561
liberally1596
naughtily1609
c1400 Rom. Rose 7031 Prelat lyuyng iolily Or prest that halt his quene hym by.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb]
fairlyOE
comelyOE
hendly?c1225
goodlyc1275
seemlya1325
sweet1338
quaintly1340
properlyc1390
well?a1400
comelilyc1400
seemlilyc1400
jollilyc1426
formally1548
handsomely1560
sightly1592
handsome1600
winsomely17..
nicely1714
in one's best (also worst) looks1816
presentably1848
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 15 He is a gentyl mon and iolyle arayd.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) ix. 201 Men arayit Iolely [1489 Adv. iolyly].
1612 H. Peacham Sic Vtile Dulci in Minerva Britanna 37 Their heades, full iollily they dight.
4. Excellently, splendidly; finely; delightfully. Now slang or colloquial.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb]
fairlyOE
goodlyc1275
finec1330
properlyc1390
daintily?a1400
thrivinglya1400
goodlily?1457
excellent1483
excellently1527
excellently1529
curiously1548
jollilyc1563
admirably1570
beautifully1570
singularly1576
bravelyc1600
famouslya1616
manlya1616
primely1622
prime1648
eximiously1650
topping1683
egregiously1693
purely1695
trimmingly1719
toppinglya1739
surprisingly1749
capitally1750
brawly1796
jellily18..
stammingly1814
divinely1822
stunningly1823
rippingly1828
jam up1835
out of sight1835
first-rately1843
first rate1844
like a charm1845
stunning1851
marvellously1859
magnificently1868
first class1871
splendidly1883
sterlingly1883
tip-top1888
like one o'clock1901
deevily1905
goodo1907
dandy1908
bonzer1914
great1916
juicily1916
corkingly1917
champion1925
unbeatably1928
snodger1946
beaut1953
smashingly1956
groovily1970
awesome1984
c1563 Jack Jugler in F. J. Child Four Old Plays (1848) 34 You wold pommile him ioylile a-bout the pate.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. ix. 113 You come off jollily, methinks,..apologizing thus in the general.
a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. J. W. von Goethe Scenes from Faust in Posthumous Poems (1824) 400 I see one yonder burning jollily.
1878 M. C. Jackson Chaperon's Cares II. ix. 117 When one meets nice people and gets on jollily with them.
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