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Jolly vs Ebullient - What's the difference?

jolly | ebullient | Related terms |

Jolly is a related term of ebullient.


As a proper noun jolly

is (female).

As an adjective ebullient is

enthusiastic; high-spirited.

jolly

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.

    • Noun

    (jollies)
  • (British) a pleasure trip or excursion

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (British, dated) very, extremely

    • Derived terms

    * jolly well

    Verb

  • To amuse or divert.

    • Derived terms

    * jolly someone along

    References

    * JOLLY in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 15, p. 495. English degree adverbs ----

    ebullient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; high-spirited.
  • * Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
  • (of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling

    • Synonyms

    * (l)