6 Verbs to Use for the Word jollities
Johnson and his friend, Beauclerk, were once together in company with several clergymen, who thought that they should appear to advantage, by assuming the lax jollity of men of the world; which, as it may be observed in similar cases, they carried to noisy excess.
Then he broke out into singing, beating time on the gunwale of the boat with such violence that it menaced capsizing every minute, and to all my remonstrances he replied by jeering and more uproarious jollity.
In the third volume, the austere pathos of Pompilia's tale relieves the too oppressive jollity of Don Giacinto, and the flowery rhetoric of Bottini; while in the fourth, the deep wisdom, justice, and righteous mind of the Pope, reconcile us to endure the sulphurous whiff from the pit in the confession of Guido, now desperate, naked, and satanic.
The sprightly bands, hast'ning from place to place, Gayly carousing in their gay attire, Invite, not force the train of heedless youths, Who croud to share their jollity and joy: To martial music dancing into death, They fell their Freedom for a holiday; And with the Rich and Great 'tis Glory charms, And Beauty's favour that rewards the Brave.
Müller knew nothing of the substratum of sadness underlying all that jollity.
Faust and Wagner take an afternoon walk together and witness the jollity of the common people.