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jaun·ty

(jôn′tē, jän′-)

adj. jaun·ti·er, jaun·ti·est

1. Having or expressing a buoyant or self-confident air: a jaunty grin; a hat worn at a jaunty angle.

2. Sprightly; lively: walking at a jaunty pace; music with jaunty rhythms.

3. Archaic

a. Stylish.

b. Genteel.

[French gentil, nice, from Old French, noble; see gentle.]

jaun′ti·ly adv.

jaun′ti·ness n.

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jaunty

(ˈdʒɔːntɪ)

adj, -tier or -tiest

1. sprightly, self-confident, and cheerful; brisk: a jaunty step.

2. smart; trim: a jaunty hat.

[C17: from French gentil noble; see genteel]

ˈjauntily adv

ˈjauntiness n

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jaun•ty

(ˈdʒɔn ti, ˈdʒɑn-)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est.

1. easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.

2. smartly trim, as clothing: a jaunty hat.

[1655–65; < French gentil noble, gentle, genteel with ending taken as -y¹]

jaun′ti•ly, adv.

jaun′ti•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	jaunty - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" natty, raffish, rakish, dapper, spiffy, spruce, dashing, snappy fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
	2.	jaunty - 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" chipper, debonair, debonaire cheerful - being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits; "her cheerful nature"; "a cheerful greeting"; "a cheerful room"; "as cheerful as anyone confined to a hospital bed could be"

jaunty

adjective sprightly, buoyant, carefree, high-spirited, gay, smart, trim, lively, airy, spruce, breezy, perky, sparky, dapper, self-confident, showy The novel is altogether jauntier than these quotations imply.
serious, dull, dignified, sedate, lifeless, staid

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

jaunty

adjective

Displaying light-hearted nonchalance:

airy, breezy, buoyant, debonair.

Informal: corky.

Idiom: free and easy.

Translations

مَرِح، أنيق

apartníuvolněnýživý

frisklivlig

kess munter

désinvolte

líflegur

allegro brio briosamente sbarazzino

pakiliaipakilusprašmatniaiprašmatnumas

bezrūpīgsdzīvespriecīgsmundrs

feiende

gösterişli şen şakrak şık

时髦的洋洋得意的

jaunty

[ˈdʒɔːntɪ] ADJ (jauntier (compar) (jauntiest (superl))) (= relaxed) [air, tone] → desenvuelto, desenfadado; (= cheerful) [clothes, hat] → alegre; [step] → garboso, airoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jaunty

[ˈdʒɔːnti] adj

[air, tone] → enjoué(e)

[look, wave] → désinvolte
to wear a hat at a jaunty angle → incliner son chapeau sur le côté de façon désinvolte

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jaunty

adj (+er) → munter, fröhlich; tune also, hat → flott; steps also → schwungvoll; attitude → unbeschwert, sorglos; with a jaunty air → unbeschwert; he wore his hat at a jaunty angle → er hatte den Hut keck aufgesetzt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

jaunty

[ˈdʒɔːntɪ] adj → baldanzoso/a
at a jaunty angle (hat) → sulle ventitré

jaunty

(ˈdʒoːnti) adjective

cheerful, bright, lively. a jaunty mood/hat.

ˈjauntily adverb

ˈjauntiness noun

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