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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce]
2: 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" [syn: chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (jauntier; -est) Etymology: modification of French gentil Date: 1662 1. archaic a. stylish b. genteel 2. sprightly in manner or appearance ; lively <sporting a jaunty red beret> <a jaunty stroll> • jauntily adverb • jauntiness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (jauntier, jauntiest) 1 cheerful and self-confident. 2 sprightly. Derivatives: jauntily adv. jauntiness n. Etymology: earlier jentee f. F gentil GENTLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jaunty Jaun"ty, a. [Compar. Jauntier; superl. Jauntiest.] [Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See Gentle, and cf. Genty.] Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(jauntier, jauntiest) If you describe someone or something as jaunty, you mean that they are full of confidence and energy. ...a jaunty little man... ADJ: usu ADJ n • jauntily He walked jauntily into the cafe... ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. [Written also Janty.] Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, gay, fine.

Moby Thesaurus

airy, blithe, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, brisk, buoyant, carefree, cheerful, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious, colorful, corky, cosmopolitan, dapper, daring, dashing, debonair, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, elegant, exhibitionistic, exquisite, flamboyant, flash, flashing, flashy, flaunting, free and easy, frilly, frisky, frothy, gallant, gay, genteel, glittering, happy, high-spirited, jazzy, jolly, jovial, jubilant, light, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, merry, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, perky, posh, rakish, recherche, resilient, ritzy, sharp, showy, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, spirited, splashy, splurgy, sporty, sprightly, spruce, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed