Usually means: Cheering someone up; making merry.
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  1. jollying: Merriam-Webster
  2. jollying: Collins English Dictionary
  3. jollying: Vocabulary.com
  4. jollying: Wordnik
  5. jollying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. jollying: Wiktionary
  7. jollying: Dictionary.com
  8. jollying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. jollying: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The act of one who jollies; amusement; diversion.

Similar:
jocund, merry, jovial, joyous, mirthful, pretty, banter, kid, gay, chaff, more...

Opposite:
saddening, depressing, discouraging, disheartening

Types:
cajoling, coaxing, wheedling, enticing, luring, tempting, more...

Phrases:
jollying up, more...



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Similar:
jocund, merry, jovial, joyous, mirthful, pretty, banter, kid, gay, chaff, more...

Opposite:
saddening, depressing, discouraging, disheartening

Types:
cajoling, coaxing, wheedling, enticing, luring, tempting, more...

Phrases:
jollying up, more...



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