jolly

Adjective complement

• nice: Which, when you get right down to it, is jolly nice of them.
• good: I am glad you enjoyed the Book of Artemas - jolly good I think.
• useful: These are ' the spirits of the woods ' , and jolly useful they can be too!

Used with adjective complement

Modifies a noun

• jape: Now thats cleared up, i'm off around the world for jolly japes.
• jaunt: To cheer themselves up the group go on a jolly jaunt to a local fairground.
• romp: Against all odds, Sky Captain is much more: a glorious visual treat and a jolly good romp.
• chap: Jolly good chaps, lets go fight in the mountains of Afghanistan.
• wheeze: If writing games is such a jolly wheeze why is playing them so moronic?
• workbook: Anyway, we did writing practice in a jolly phonics workbook.

Followed by a transitive particle

• up: A little more pace in the proceedings would have helped to jolly up the first half up especially.

Used with why or when

• when: But singing myself hoarse and trying to be jolly when I really don't enjoy it, doesn't wash.

Modifying Another Word

• awfully: Goodbye my love, now - I wish you had been here last night we had an awfully jolly evening.
• rather: I have finished my border off with a rather jolly dragon.
• well: In fact we might have to jolly well rope a bit off next time, to make sure we get a match at all.
• very: After the service a very jolly ' tea ' party was held in the Village Hall which was much enjoyed by all who attended.
• quite: Would definitely see them again, quite jolly almost reaching the heady heights of happy in some songs.
• generally: January isn't generally jolly, but it's already looking as if jelly is the thing this month.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• along: Cracks about Bush, Blair and the Hutton Report coming quick and hard, jollied along by Thomas's cheery demeanor.
• up: Our mission for today was a sightseeing jolly up into the Waterfall Series, with the formations of 6th Heaven our ultimate aim.