What does jollily mean?
Jollily means In a jolly manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a jolly manner..
Every servant in the family, from high to low, wished Tom success, and I can fancy, an’ please your honour, I see him this moment with his white dimity waistcoat and breeches, and hat a little o’one side, passing jollily along the street, swinging his stick, with a smile and a cheerful word for every body he met.
There’s a sermon now, writ in high heaven, and the sun goes through it every year, and yet comes out of it all alive and hearty. Jollily he, aloft there, wheels through toil and trouble […]
[Albert, as scout leader:] Forward! Jollily forward!
They stiffened when they saw Hillier, ready to throw him a salute, but he waved at them jollily as he marched through, singing.
Use jollily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Jollily means In a jolly manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Every servant in the family, from high to low, wished Tom success, and I can fancy, an’ please your honour, I see him this moment with his white dimity waistcoat and breeches, and hat a little o’one side, passing jollily along the street, swinging his stick, with a smile and a cheerful word for every body he met.
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