Like a jolly troop of huntsmen. --Shak.
``A jolly place,'' said he, ``in times of old! But
something ails it now: the spot is cursed.''
--Wordsworth.
2. Expressing mirth, or inspiring it; exciting mirth and
gayety.
And with his jolly pipe delights the groves.
--Prior.
Their jolly notes they chanted loud and clear.
--Fairfax.
3. Of fine appearance; handsome; excellent; lively;
agreeable; pleasant. ``A jolly cool wind.'' --Sir T.
North. [Now mostly colloq.]
Full jolly knight he seemed, and fair did sit.
--Spenser.
The coachman is swelled into jolly dimensions. --W.
Irving.