plural jollities
Synonyms of jollity
Examples of jollity in a Sentence
I love all of the warmhearted jollity of the holiday season.
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The finale is an ambiguous mix of jollity and agitation, with a piccolo shrieking above a militant march.
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Winston Peacock’s Ghost of Christmas Present is especially winning with decidedly John Belushi-esque jollity.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Dec. 2025
The jollity extends to the audience, which if Friday’s night’s crowd was indication is largely filled with family and friends of the large cast and who are prone to applaud and whoop at the end of every scene.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
Winston Peacock’s Ghost of Christmas Present is especially winning with decidedly John Belushi-esque jollity.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Dec. 2025
The jollity extends to the audience, which if Friday’s night’s crowd was indication is largely filled with family and friends of the large cast and who are prone to applaud and whoop at the end of every scene.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
The free-living, hard-drinking Brett uses wit and jollity to mask her inner desperation.
—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
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“Jollity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jollity. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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