Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adv. In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
- adv. In a dapper or stylish manner.
- adv. In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. In a jaunty manner.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Briskly; airily; gaily. Also spelled jantily.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adv. in a jaunty fashionable manner
Etymologies
Examples
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His was the gait of the wolf, smooth, tireless and effortless, and at the end of fifty miles he would come in jauntily ahead of the horse.
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The logical end of this unholy union of advertising ideas means that all the band/football/etc. parents bedeck themselves in jauntily-supportive orange.
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His was the gait of the wolf, smooth, tireless, and effortless, and at the end of fifty miles he would come in jauntily ahead of the horse.
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On page four of the deed for his new apartment, Mr. Edelman inked his name jauntily on the ...
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“Welcome, Sam McGowan,” the man in white called jauntily.
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Susan finished with a burst of sorrow, which was opportunely broken by the voice of Mrs Pipchin talking downstairs; on hearing which, she dried her red and swollen eyes, and made a melancholy feint of calling jauntily to Mr Towlinson to fetch a cab and carry down her boxes.
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a melancholy feint of calling jauntily to Mr Towlinson to fetch a cab and carry down her boxes.
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See with what a smart, decisive air he wears his hat -- "jauntily," as
Lha Dhu; Or, The Dark Day The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
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That bragging badge of patriotism sits jauntily on jackets, hats and shirts today, boasting of the user's dedication to the democratic process.
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Clinton's lieutenants jauntily encapsulated his fight against Republican cuts in Medicare, Medicaid, education and the environment as a defense of M2E2.
yarb commented on the word jauntily
Nevertheless we are conscious of being falsely deluding,
when we say jauntily 'Oh! I shall be out of here soon!'
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
September 28, 2008