jolly
要点愉快な、楽しい
意味
- (人が)愉快な,陽気な,上きげんの
- (物事が)楽しい(pleasant);すてきな(nice)
- 非常に(very)
- (特に何かを得ようとして)〈人〉をおだてる,うれしがらせる《+名+along(up)》
例文
The weather's rather jolly today.
今日は随分気持ちのいい天気だ。
She was jolly well made to pay.
彼女はまさしく支払わされたのだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English joli, jolif (“merry, cheerful”), from Old French joli, jolif (“merry, joyful”). For the loss of final -f in English, compare tardy, hasty, hussy, etc. It is uncertain whether the Old French word is from Old Norse jól ("a midwinter feast, Yule", hence "fest-ive"), in which case, equivalent to yule + -ive, compare Dutch jolig (“happy, festive, frolicsome, jolly”), West Frisian joelich, joalich (“merry, jolly”), Middle High German jœlich (“hooting, jubilant”).