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jollying

ADJECTIVE

jovial

Synonyms

STRONGEST

affable amiable buoyant cheery chipper convivial cordial festive good-natured jolly lighthearted pleasant sociable

WEAK

airy animated bantering blithe blithesome bouncy chaffing chirpy companionable conversable daffy delightful dizzy enjoyable facetious festal gay glad gleeful hilarious humorous jocose jocund jokey joshing jubilant larking loony lots of laughs merry mirthful nutty off-the-wall

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depressed disagreeable gloomy hateful heavy-hearted mean surly unfriendly unhappy unpleasant unsociable

WEAK

sad

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At first the infant Conning his dad until he walks the floor; And then the whining schoolboy, poring o'er his book, Jollying his teacher into marking him A goodly grade.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various

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