How to pronounce jolly
Listen to jolly in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“jolly” in real sentences
336 clips in the index · 26 American · 48 British · 1 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Have a holly jolly Christmas.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
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jolly to watch the football?
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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There was nothing jolly about this.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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how British you jolly well are.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of jolly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.