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Jolly vs Solly - What's the difference?

jolly | solly |

As a proper noun jolly

is (female).

As an adjective solly is

.

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 ----

    solly

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1902, author=Herbert Allen Giles, title=China and the Chinese, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Some years back, when I was leaving China for England with young children, their faithful Chinese nurse kept on repeating to the little ones the following remarkable sentence, "My too muchey solly' you go steamah; you no ' solly my." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1908, author=Ethel Turner, title=In the Mist of the Mountains, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="I'm solly'," he said; then he seemed to realize more clearly that the lady's honour had to be vindicated before all these "girls," and he repeated more loudly and without being asked, "I'm velly ' solly ." }}

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