jolly well

Most assuredly indeed

Jolly well is an old-fashioned and emphatic way of saying very much: I was jolly well surprised.

Related

quite right · utterly · crikey · certainly · cheerio · old chap · ruddy · completely · clearly · plainly · dashed · truly · undoubtedly · blooming · good and proper · entirely · determined · resolved

Opposites
emphatic assertion

jolly wellperhaps

Expressing uncertainty

maybe · tentatively · hesitantly · meekly · possibly

speaker confidence

jolly wellhesitantly

With uncertain manner

meekly · timidly · uncertainly · diffidently · apologetically

register/tone

jolly wellgrudgingly

With reluctant compliance

resignedly · defeatedly · submissively · apologetically · sheepishly

Family

jolly, well, jollily, jolliness, jollier, jolliest, wellness, welling, welled

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Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G