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 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
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
I was jollying him along—we were in the trolley, going to Endbury.
From The Squirrel-Cage by John Alanzo Williams
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
You can believe me, I wish I was jollying!
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst
