Meanings
adjectivejolly D (not comparable)
- UKcolloquialdatednot comparableThoroughly decent.
'Jolly D of you, Doctor, to grace the girls' end-of-term carol service.'
2008, Richard Gordon, Doctor Gordon's Casebook, page 1551 more example
Thanks for paying for my drink. Jolly D of you. I think you ought to be in bed.
2020, Nancy Spain, Death Goes on Skis
Origin
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jolly D. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jolly%20D
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“jolly D.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jolly%20D. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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