jaunty

jaunty
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. stylish, sprightly, smart, dapper, sporty (inf.); gay, breezy, brisk, debonair; jolly, ebullient, vivacious, cavalier, cocky (inf.) See fashion, cheerfulness, ostentation.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. debonair, airy, free, free and easy, easy, buoyant, sprightly, carefree, lighthearted, light, sportive, sporty, dapper, natty, breezy, blithe, nonchalant, insouciant, devil-may-care, rakish, raffish, dashing, high-spirited, animated, spirited, lively, gay, jovial, jolly, joking, frisky, perky, chipper, bouncy, confident, swaggering, cocky, bold, reckless, careless, swashbuckling, venturesome, provocative, hoydenish, frolicsome, jocose, rollicking, gamesome, vivacious, prankish, playful, cocksure, impish, devilish, brash, forward, exhilarated, impetuous, assured, presumptuous, sporting, facetious, scampish, merry, waggish, irreverent, roistering, conceited, strutting, flippant, flip, audacious, bumptious, impertinent, saucy, cheeky, pert, brazen, cavalier; see also happy 1 , nonchalant .
Ant. reserved*, staid, sedate.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
sprightly, carefree, buoyant, self-confident, bouncy, frisky, pert, lighthearted, lively, breezy, debonair.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Displaying light-hearted nonchalance: airy, breezy, buoyant, debonair. Informal: corky. Idiom: free and easy. See ATTITUDE, CAREFUL, GOOD.

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  • jaunty — 1660s, elegant, stylish, from Fr. gentil nice, pleasing, in Old French noble (see GENTLE (Cf. gentle)). Form reflects attempt to render the French pronunciation of gentil. Meaning easy and sprightly in manner first attested 1670s. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • jaunty — [adj] lively airy, animated, bold, brash, breezy, buoyant, carefree, careless, cocky, dapper, dashing, debonair, devilish, devil maycare*, easy, exhilarated, flip*, flippant, forward, free, fresh, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, gay, high spirited …   New thesaurus

  • jaunty — ► ADJECTIVE (jauntier, jauntiest) ▪ having a lively and self confident manner. DERIVATIVES jauntily adverb jauntiness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «well bred, genteel»: from French gentil well born …   English terms dictionary

  • jaunty — [jôn′tē] adj. jauntier, jauntiest [earlier janty, genty < Fr gentil, genteel: see GENTLE] 1. in fashion; stylish; chic 2. lighthearted and merry; sprightly; perky jauntily adv. jauntiness n …   English World dictionary

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  • jaunty — jaun|ty [ˈdʒo:nti US ˈdʒo:nti, ˈdʒa:nti] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: jentee polite (17 18 centuries), from French gentil] 1.) showing that you are confident and happy ▪ He had a jaunty walk. ▪ Her hat was set at a jaunty angle. 2.) jaunty music …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jaunty — adjective jaunty actions, clothes etc show that you are confident and cheerful: at a jaunty angle: His hat was tilted at a jaunty angle. jauntily adverb jauntiness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • jaunty — jauntily, adv. jauntiness, n. /jawn tee, jahn /, adj., jauntier, jauntiest. 1. easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step. 2. smartly trim, as clothing: a jaunty hat. [1655 65; earlier jentee, juntee < F gentil noble,… …   Universalium

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