jaunty
IPA: dʒˈɔnti
noun
- (nautical) A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship
- A traditional nickname for a Royal Navy master-at-arms
adjective
- Airy; showy; finical.
- (by extension) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
- Dapper or stylish.
- Ostentatiously self-confident.
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Examples of "jaunty" in Sentences
- A jaunty cap often accompanies the ensemble.
- They have some jaunty rhythms, I'll give them that.
- I rewrote most of it in a jaunty and streetwise style.
- About him and Hugo's jaunty romps about the third world.
- Is it ok to add a screenshot of the default desktop for jaunty now
- He came across as jaunty, likable, and brimming with self confidence.
- Robert Dennis composed the jaunty piano score in each of the the segments.
- She displayed jaunty assuredness, pertness, an attractive throw of the head.
- This is a fast, jaunty aside with little or no bearing on the previous writing.
- Some dispense with jaunty graphics, delivering temperatures in sober gray text.
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