jolly
adjective
in good spirits; lively; merry.
jollied
Example Sentences
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The audience is jollied along by Veneziale with polite puckishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
These weren’t people jollied by the guy with the funny hair.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021
It was a perfect misunderstanding, between two strangers who’d been jollied into conjunction by a go-between—me, that is.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 2, 2019
Somehow, Perry’s hang has jollied up works by established creatives, has made witty the art by people who don’t make a living from their work, who just potter or sell the odd piece.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2018
Then Big Ma, who’d been jollied out of her fussing, was once again sharp and angry.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
