Example Sentences

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Those who are supposed to be there, those for whom an open call isn't akin to going to the supermarket naked, jig about jollily, smile professionally, even throw in a yee-hah.

From The Guardian • May 7, 2013

Bavarians took it jollily, Berlin winced but was not upset, image-conscious Bonn worried about whether its image was too big, and Ludwig Erhard's aides protested that high tide for him now is only 198 Ibs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sure, the dictionary says we can use lame adverbs like uglily, friendlily, surlily, and jollily, but nobody says we have to.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

So one evening, towards nightfall, he rode jollily into Bruges.

From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington

The meeting of the chums, that had started off so jollily, was now a session of indignation.

From Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck by Chapman, Allen