JAUNTY (jauntier, jauntiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does jaunty mean?
• JAUNTY (adjective)
The adjective JAUNTY has 2 senses:
1. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
2. having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Familiarity information: JAUNTY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• JAUNTY (adjective)
Meaning:
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Synonyms:
spiffy; rakish; raffish; natty; jaunty; dapper; spruce; dashing; snappy
Context examples:
a dapper young man / a jaunty red hat
Similar:
fashionable; stylish (being or in accordance with current social fashions)
Meaning:
Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
Synonyms:
chipper; debonair; debonaire; jaunty
Context examples:
looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit / life that is gay, brisk, and debonair / walked with a jaunty step / a jaunty optimist
Similar:
cheerful (being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits)
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