as in festivity
joyful or festive activity
I love all of the warmhearted jollity of the holiday season
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Recent Examples of jollity
While the jollity may look a bit different from city to city, these global destinations keep the holiday cheer going year after year.
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Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2023
But even aside from that, Fallon, despite the Strike Force’s five-way jollity, seems like the group’s distractible odd man out.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
Both are also generally spared the over-emphatic jollity that Dehnert has evidently encouraged as a way of plowing through difficult passages of dialogue and forcing the weird jokes to bloom.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 July 2023
And so, in two gorgeous numbers, all the manic jollity disappears.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
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Caitlin Morton, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2023
But even aside from that, Fallon, despite the Strike Force’s five-way jollity, seems like the group’s distractible odd man out.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2023
Both are also generally spared the over-emphatic jollity that Dehnert has evidently encouraged as a way of plowing through difficult passages of dialogue and forcing the weird jokes to bloom.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 July 2023
And so, in two gorgeous numbers, all the manic jollity disappears.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jollity
Noun
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The audience, limited to 15 people per performance, joins Irina’s birthday festivities during the opening scene; attendees are invited to eat cake and drink champagne, with some sitting at the dinner table and others scattered around the room.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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No announcement as to Kesha’s potential involvement in the festivities has been released, however.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
8 Aug. 2025
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There is no true holiness without merriment, and all true merriment is holy.—
Matthew Scogin,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The pair will reprise the roles of Jack Cooper and Jessica McFall, who are planning their New Year’s Eve wedding celebration until a once-in-a-lifetime career opportunity threatens to upend the festivities and matrimonial merriment.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
28 July 2025
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Their everlasting merrymaking might seem warm and fuzzy at first glance, but in truth, there is a gloomy undercurrent to their existence, hiding just beneath the surface.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
25 May 2025
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Alternatively, the Perry Lane Hotel, as well as the brand-new, Ann Savannah, will put you in the heart of the merrymaking.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2025
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Stephens and many others were taking in the revelry of the second annual block party at 6500 S. Aberdeen St. Block parties are not an unusual sight during the summer months in Chicago, but festivities on this particular Englewood street have garnered attention since 2024.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Choose your adventure: the main floor offers prime drag show viewing under pulsating neon, and the overhead balcony gives a bird’s-eye view of the revelry.—
Ana Gutierrez Austin American Statesman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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With the Red Army closing in, such gatherings, expressions of a desperate gaiety, a fin d’une époque efflorescence, weren’t rare.—
James Wood,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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