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jolly

2 adverb
     
jolly2 British English old-fashioned informal
1 very:
Sounds like a jolly good idea to me.
It was all jolly good fun.
2

jolly well

used to emphasize an opinion or to show that you are annoyed:
Right, I'm going to clear up, and you can jolly well help me.
3

jolly good!

spoken used to say that you are pleased by what someone has just said
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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