jaunty
10
6.3
- adjective
- /ˈdʒɔnti/
:
desenfadado
- He walked into the room with a jaunty smile, exuding confidence.
- jaunty fedora
- jaunty hat
- jaunty tune
The corridors of a school mean nothing to the jaunty kid who strolls down and blissfully content with life.
- The corridors of a school mean nothing to the jaunty kid who strolls down and blissfully content with life.
- And then you look back with a jaunty look as if to say check out my butt and give some thumbs up.
- He couldn't hold us together because he couldn't let go his jaunty rhetoric, cunning like silver holding the Pearl in the handle of a knife.
Examples
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Long red hair streamed behind her from beneath a jaunty green cap.
Fiction book (2000) -
A green-and-yellow cap had been placed on top of the bush at a jaunty angle.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the garden, three jaunty young men shared a smoke and a good joke.
Fiction book (1998) -
Instead, he would get jaunty and lighthearted, acting as if a tennis match were of no import.
Academic text (2007) -
David watched until the little car and its jaunty bumper sticker were out of sight.
Fiction book (2000) -
And he had often recalled their unshadowed good times, their free and jaunty explorations.
Fiction book (1994) -
Bandicut gave Bronson a jaunty salute and grabbed a ladder up to the work cabin.
Fiction book (1994) -
Atop her head was a jaunty straw boater with a cerise silk band.
Fiction book (1992) -
His head is held high, and the chin's jaunty angle emphasizes that he boasted the longest beard.
Academic text (2004) -
AROUND THE CORNER comes an ecstatic Jack driving a jaunty Christmasland snowmobile, heavily laden with Christmasland memorabilia.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
79
1.0
Happy and lively in a friendly way
45
4.1
Cheerful and full of energy
17
3.8
Stylish and neat in appearance, often because of clothes or hair
16
7.8
Neat and stylish in appearance
16
6.2
Neat and stylish in the way a man dresses
15
7.0
Full of energy and cheer that attracts other people
12
3.9
Happy and friendly in a lively, joking way
11
3.5
Happy and not serious
4
8.4
Having a smart, lively, and slightly bold look or manner
3
6.3
Bright and showy in style to attract attention
2
8.1
Dressed in a neat and stylish way
1
4.3
Attractive and stylish in a confident, lively way
1
4.1
Full of energy and enthusiasm
1
7.7
Being lively and cheerful, often a little cheeky
1
8.9
Looks stylish and confident in a cool way
1
8.1
Happy and full of energy
A man who is cheerful, confident, charming, and well dressed
Looking neat and stylish
Being happy and lively and showing confidence
Antonyms
Compounds
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jaunty can be remembered from the word jaunt 'a short, lively trip'. Someone who is jaunty looks cheerful and confident, like a person who has just come back from a happy, stylish walk.