Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or expressing a buoyant or self-confident air.
- adjective Sprightly; lively.
- adjective Stylish.
- adjective Genteel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Genteel.
- Gay and sprightly in manner, appearance, or action; airy; also, affectedly elegant or showy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Airy ;showy ;finical ; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner. - adjective
Dapper orstylish . - adjective
Ostentatiously self-confident .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
- adjective having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The young puppets in jaunty swimming trunks, although they magically execute flashy dives and swim through air, are, if anything, more poignant still.
Or You Could Kiss Me – review Kate Kellaway 2010
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The German women -- bronzed, buxom lasses, for the most part, in jaunty hats and feathers -- look very sharp after their young men, interfering sadly between them and the insinuating sergeants.
Enlistment of Irish and German Emigrants on the Battery, at New York 1864
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It’s the story of a man-eating plant that eventually takes over the world, told in jaunty 1960s-style doo-wop, written by a little-known team called Ashman and Mencken who would eventually fade into obscurity after producing little-known Disney musicals like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin.
It's Official genuinechris 2005
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He had tied a kerchief around his neck in a way that could only be described as jaunty.
Every little thing in the world Nina de Gramont 2010
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He had tied a kerchief around his neck in a way that could only be described as jaunty.
Every little thing in the world Nina de Gramont 2010
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You may recall the jaunty ceramic pots from the last trip to H&G.
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And after the sergeant has read aloud an official declaration under the Official Secrets Act, and each one of them has separately signed an impressive form, Amory calls a jaunty Also los, bitte, meine Herren! across the hangar to a squad of policemen in dungarees who promptly lay their ladders against the British Leyland bus and swarm onto the roof, barking orders at each other until, with infinite circumspection, the backdrop is laid like a precious archaeological find on the concrete floor, and unrolled.
Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003
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He tries TOO hard to look GQ - laughable how he ALWAYS throws his suit jacket over a shoulder for just that "jaunty" look when in fact he grew up as a gangbanger, it's so unnatural.
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Holly and I hung out at the SFWA suite for awhile, where I somehow got talked into promising to knit Jeremy Lassen a "jaunty" scarf to go with his zoot suit convention looks.
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Holly and I hung out at the SFWA suite for awhile, where I somehow got talked into promising to knit Jeremy Lassen a "jaunty" scarf to go with his zoot suit convention looks.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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