rollicking.

Lively, cheerful, and full of boisterous enjoyment.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• a rollicking adventure
• a rollicking song

On the page

The novel begins as a rollicking adventure before its darker stakes emerge.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more rollicking; superlative most rollicking when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.