单词 | jollity |
释义 | jollity (once / 5261 pages) n Use the noun jollity to describe having fun and being in an extremely good mood, like the jollity you feel when you are with your best friends at your favorite amusement park. You can see the word jolly in jollity and that is a big clue that it means "full of cheer and good will." We might say that Jolly Old Saint Nicholas — Santa Claus — is the king of jollity. But you can join his court — you are the picture of jollity when you are laughing uncontrollably with good friends or whooping it up at a Country Western dance. We are talking mirth and merriment: that's jollity. WORD FAMILYjollity: jollities+/jolly: jollied, jollier, jollies, jolliest, jollily, jolliness, jollity, jollying USAGE EXAMPLESMovie review of “Trolls”: Coerced jollity is the order of the day in this animated kids movie about a race of relentlessly chirpy pint-size trolls. Seattle Times(Nov 01, 2016) Argentina fans arrived early to spread their jollity inside and around the arena. New York Times(Aug 17, 2016) The jollity often has a desperate quality to it, and the raunchiness, of which there is plenty, tends to be either sophomoric or overly crass. New York Times(Jul 29, 2016) n feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor Syn|Hyper jolliness, joviality gaiety, merriment a gay feeling amiability, good humor, good humour, good tempera cheerful and agreeable mood |
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