| jaunty definition 1 | cheerful, lively, and carefree |
| jaunty synonyms | carefree, cheerful, breezy, buoyant, perky, cheery, jolly, spry, sprightly, chirpy, lively, brisk, merry |
| jaunty antonyms | serious, sedate |
| jaunty usage | But he moved very quickly, and there was an air of jaunty liveliness about him. (source: Willa Cather in 'My Antonia') A jaunty score from Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch punctuates the comedy. (source: Voice of America newscast) The jaunty music that MySpace and MTV users hear at the beginning of the Presidential Dialog programs, a series of interactive candidate/MySpace user forums being broadcast over the Internet and on MTV throughout this presidential election season, belies the seriousness of its purpose. (source: Voice of America newscast) |
| jaunty definition 2 | casually fashionable |
| jaunty synonyms | dapper, dashing, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, chic, spruce, debonair, stylish |
| jaunty antonyms | somber, grim, glum |
| jaunty usage | Upon his head he wears a jaunty cap, and his hair is long and curled. (source: H.E.Marshall in 'English Literature For Boys And Girls') He had great neatness of person, and he continued to wear his spruce black coat and his bowler hat, always a little too small for him, in a dapper, jaunty manner. (source: W. Somerset Maugham in 'Moon and Sixpence') Kitty was walking there with her mother and the Moscow colonel, smart and jaunty in his European coat, bought ready-made at Frankfort. (source: Leo Tolstoy in 'Anna Karenina') |
