jolly

Adjective

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  • when hearts were young and gay
    
  • a poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company- Wordsworth
    
  • the jolly crowd at the reunion
    
  • jolly old Saint Nick
    
  • a jovial old gentleman
    
  • have a merry Christmas
    
  • peals of merry laughter
    
  • a mirthful laugh
    

Adverb

• to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
  • pretty big
    
  • pretty bad
    
  • jolly decent of him
    
  • the shoes are priced reasonably
    
  • he is fairly clever with computers
    

Noun

• a yawl used by a ship's sailors for general work

• a happy party

Verb

• be silly or tease one another
  • After we relaxed, we just kidded around
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gay , jocund , jovial , merry , mirthful , reasonably , moderately , pretty , somewhat , fairly , middling , passably , jolly boat , kid , chaff , josh , banter
• Antonyms: 
  unreasonably , immoderately