Synonyms for golly

Grammar : Interj, noun

Spell : gol-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɒl i

Top 10 synonyms for golly

Other synonyms for the word golly

Définition of golly

Origin : euphemism for God, first recorded 1775, in a source that refers to it as "a sort of jolly kind of oath, or asseveration much in use among our carters, & the lowest people."

As in gosh : interj imagine
As in whew : interj my goodness
As in interjection : noun emphatic exclamation

Example sentences :

By golly, we'll stake her to a hay knife and tell her to go after him!
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

By golly, he's callin' all his wife's relations t' come an' help 'em out.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

An' they know it, too, by golly, er they wouldn't hang back like they're a-doin'.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

Golly, I want to be a Thorgunner and get in on the mop-up when it comes!
Extract from : « Be It Ever Thus » by Robert Moore Williams

The doctor drew a deep breath and then said, "By golly, I believe you've got it."
Extract from : « The Innocence of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton

No, by golly, it's jes' like Ned; he's jes' like his daddy an' the other Baptusses.
Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field

By golly, if my country needs this like that, then by golly, my country's going to have it.
Extract from : « Make Mine Homogenized » by Rick Raphael

But, golly, she can make doughnuts and apple pies that beat the band!
Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman

"Golly, it's only a couple of hundred feet," Magnan offered.
Extract from : « The Yillian Way » by John Keith Laumer

“Golly, but this is a game of hide and seek, all right,” he gasped.
Extract from : « The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards » by Gerald Breckenridge

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