Phrase guide

lovely jubbly

adj · intj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌbli/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ˌli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌlʌvli ˈdʒʌb(ə)li/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Lovely; fantastic, great.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, informal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: awesome, based, beat, beatific, bewildering, blissful, celestial, delightful, divine, enchanting, extraordinary, fabulous, fantabulosa, fantabulous, fascinating, finger-lickin' good, frabjous, grandeur, grandiose, grand, great, heavenlike, heavenly, impressive, inspiring, lovely jubbly, magnificent, majestic, major, marvellous/marvelous, mirandous, mystifying, phenomenal, selly, splendid, stupefying, stupendous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, unbelievable, wild, wondrous, luxurious

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Often used as a response to some (anticipated) success: lovely; fantastic, great.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, informal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, slang, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, tender, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, feds, fedi, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwop, gwolla, jack, legal tender, lolly, lovely jubbly, mazuma, means, money, moola, mozzarella, muck, oof, ooftish, paper, rhino, scratch, scrilla, shrapnel, simoleons, smackers, smackeroos, smackeroonies, spend, spondulicks, swag, wampum, wonga, yenom

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Based on the 1950s slogan “lubbly Jubbly” advertising Jubbly, an orange-flavoured soft drink. The modified version was coined by the English television scriptwriter John Sullivan (1946–2011) as an expression generally used by the character Derek “Del Boy” Trotter, a market trader from London, in the BBC television comedy Only Fools and Horses (first broadcast 1981–1991, with Christmas specials in 1996 and 2001–2003).