jolly
adjective
in good spirits; lively; merry.
was jollying
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past progressiveof jolly.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I couldn't tell whether that man was jollying us or not.
From Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Howard L. (Howard Livingston) Hastings
Taking him for some fresh guy that Miss McCalmont was jollying along—they do that too—I paid no attention to him, humming a tune and looking languid at my finger nails.
From The Black Eagle Mystery by Geraldine Bonner
I was jollying him along—we were in the trolley, going to Endbury.
From The Squirrel-Cage by John Alanzo Williams
You can believe me, I wish I was jollying!
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst
I knew by the wavy hair and the look he had, that made me not know whether he was jollying me or not.
From Roy Blakely, Pathfinder by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
