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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

jolly D en · ADJ

Etymology

Short for jolly decent.

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial, dated, not-comparable) Thoroughly decent.
    • Thanks for paying for my drink. Jolly D of you. I think you ought to be in bed. 2020, Nancy Spain, Death Goes on Skis:
    • 'Jolly D of you, Doctor, to grace the girls' end-of-term carol service.' 2008, Richard Gordon, Doctor Gordon's Casebook, page 155: