Definition of "jollying" []

• Present participle of jolly. (verb)

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• "He had been what he would have termed jollying her back to normality again."
• "Pausert had been looking at the words in the air, and tried to put on a "jollying" tone."
• "When I was not with the largest party, which always occupied the parlor containing the piano, I was flitting from room to room, "jollying" men who were waiting for some particular girl to become disengaged."