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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jaunty
adj 1: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, natty,
raffish, rakish, smart, 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]
[also: jauntiest, jauntier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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