jolly
adjective
in good spirits; lively; merry.
were 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 kind of thought they would do that," said Woods, "when you were jollying them so hard.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
