jolly vs very

jolly

verb
  • To amuse or divert. 

adj
  • drunk 

  • Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry. 

very

adj
  • The same; identical. 

  • With limiting effect: mere. 

  • True, real, actual. 

adv
  • Conforming to fact, reality or rule; true. 

  • Used to firmly establish that nothing else surpasses in some respect. 

  • To a great extent or degree. 

How often have the words jolly and very occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )