jollying

He had been what he would have termed jollying her back to normality again.

Dangerous Days Mary Roberts Rinehart 1917

Pausert had been looking at the words in the air, and tried to put on a "jollying" tone.

The Wizard Of Karres Lackey, Mercedes 2004

The Doc did give him something, and between that and a little judicious "jollying" Kipple was a different man in a few days.

On the Fringe of the Great Fight 1921

When I was not with the largest party, which always occupied the parlor containing the piano, I was flitting from room to room, "jollying" men who were waiting for some particular girl to become disengaged.

Madeleine: An Autobiography Madeleine 1919

Some salesmen try to supplement this power -- or supply the lack of a pleasing personality -- by "jollying" the possible customer in various ways.

Increasing Human Efficiency in Business: A Contribution to the Psychology of Business 1910

He was a very small man, with pink cheeks and eye-glasses, beautifully made and still more beautifully dressed; and for all their boisterous "jollying" his auditors appeared rather to like him than the contrary.

Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

His promise, in a letter of March 1, 1802, that if he should write a second 'Maid of Orleans', Goeschen should publish it, is only an author's playful 'jollying' of a friendly publisher.

The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Thomas, Calvin, 1854-1919 1901

To the newspaper man, Bob was a godsend; for humour was scarce on board, and "jollying" Bob was a welcome diversion.

Crittenden A Kentucky Story of Love and War John Fox 1891

The methods which children characterize as "jollying" are best for such emergencies.

The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club 1888

His promise, in a letter of March 1, 1802, that _if_ he should write a second 'Maid of Orleans', Göschen should publish it, is only an author's playful 'jollying' of a friendly publisher.

The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Calvin Thomas 1886