Jolly and Somewhat

Jolly

Jolly adverb - To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.
Usage example: jolly decent of him

Somewhat is a synonym for jolly. In some cases you can use "Somewhat" instead an adverb "Jolly".

Nearby Word: jollying

Somewhat

Somewhat adverb - To a moderately sufficient extent or degree.

Jolly is a synonym for somewhat. Sometimes you can use "Jolly" instead an adverb "Somewhat".

Both words in one sentence

  • Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant The Swedish Chef of The Muppet Show has a really jolly, somewhat Man Child personality which he maintains especially when trying to kill animals in horrible ways.
  • Series / Love Thy Neighbour Expository Theme Tune: the theme song is a jolly, glutinously saccharine and somewhat corny ballad about how nice a world it would be if we could unreservedly love our neighbours as ourselves.
  • The Jolly Olly Man starts out as a Jerkass, but after he got A Day in the Limelight episode with Arnold, his Freudian Excuse became made apparent and he becomes somewhat nicer.
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