jolliness

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noun

The quality of being jolly; jollity.

Similar
joyjovialityblithenessblithesomenesscheerfulnesscheerinesscontentnesscontentedness
OriginMiddle English jolinesse →
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Meanings

nounjolliness (countable and uncountable, plural jollinesses)

plural jollinesses · alternative jollyness

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of being jolly; jollity.

    Synonyms: joy, joviality, blitheness, blithesomeness, cheerfulness, cheeriness, contentness, contentedness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being jolly; jollity.

Similar
joyjovialityblithenessblithesomenesscheerfulnesscheerinesscontentnesscontentednessdelightdelightednesselatednesselationexuberanceexuberantnessfelicitygaietygaynessgayfulnessgladnessgladsomeness

More synonyms by meaning

nounfeeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor

Similar
jollityjoviality
Broader
good humorgood humourgood tempergaietymerriment
Also see
happinesshigh spiritsjollityjoviality

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishjolinesse
  2. Englishjolliness

From Middle English jolinesse, equivalent to jolly + -ness.

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APA

jolliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jolliness

MLA

“jolliness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jolliness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jolliness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jolliness.

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