JAUNTY DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
jaunty 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 Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) jaunty 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 English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary jaunty (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 English Explanatory Dictionary jaunty ˈdʒɔ:ntɪ adj. (jauntier, jauntiest) 1 cheerful and self-confident. 2 sprightly. øøjauntily adv. jauntiness n. [earlier jentee f. F gentil GENTLE] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms jaunty a. [Written also Janty.] Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, gay, fine. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) jaunty ˈdʒɔ:ntɪ adj. 1 spirited, lively, high-spirited, buoyant, brisk, frisky, sprightly, free (and easy), blithe, jovial, happy, jubilant, jolly, merry, cheerful, gay: It is heartening to see those pensioners in such a jaunty mood. 2 chic, smart, stylish, dashing, debonair, elegant, colourful, spruce, flashy, flash, showy, flamboyant, Colloq sporty, natty: Tipping his hat at a jaunty angle, the old boulevardier strolled off, twirling his walking-stick. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 87 Moby Thesaurus words for "jaunty": 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 |
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