jaunty
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jaun·ty
(jôn′tē, jän′-)adj. jaun·ti·er, jaun·ti·est
1. Having or expressing a buoyant or self-confident air: a jaunty grin; a hat worn at a jaunty angle.
2. Sprightly; lively: walking at a jaunty pace; music with jaunty rhythms.
3. Archaic
a. Stylish.
b. Genteel.
[French gentil, nice, from Old French, noble; see gentle.]
jaun′ti·ly adv.
jaun′ti·ness n.
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jaunty
(ˈdʒɔːntɪ)adj, -tier or -tiest
1. sprightly, self-confident, and cheerful; brisk: a jaunty step.
2. smart; trim: a jaunty hat.
[C17: from French gentil noble; see genteel]
ˈjauntily adv
ˈjauntiness n
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jaun•ty
(ˈdʒɔn ti, ˈdʒɑn-)adj. -ti•er, -ti•est.
1. easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
2. smartly trim, as clothing: a jaunty hat.
jaun′ti•ly, adv.
jaun′ti•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | jaunty - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" |
| 2. | jaunty - having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G. Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist" cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be" |
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jaunty
adjective sprightly, buoyant, carefree, high-spirited, gay, smart, trim, lively, airy, spruce, breezy, perky, sparky, dapper, self-confident, showy The novel is altogether jauntier than these quotations imply.
serious, dull, dignified, sedate, lifeless, staid
serious, dull, dignified, sedate, lifeless, staid
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jaunty
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jaunty
[ˈdʒɔːntɪ] ADJ (jauntier (compar) (jauntiest (superl))) (= relaxed) [air, tone] → desenvuelto, desenfadado; (= cheerful) [clothes, hat] → alegre; [step] → garboso, airosoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
jaunty
(ˈdʒoːnti) adjectiveˈjauntily adverb con garbo
ˈjauntiness nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.