jaunty
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++jaun·ty /ˈdʒɔːnti $ ˈdʒɒːnti, ˈdʒɑːnti/ adjective 1 CONFIDENTshowing that you are confident and happy 满怀自信的；轻松自在的；无忧无虑的 He had a jaunty walk. 他步履轻快。 Her hat was set at a jaunty angle. 她歪戴着帽子，显得很活泼。2 jaunty music is fast and makes you feel happy 〔音乐〕轻松活泼的 a jaunty tune 轻松活泼的曲调 —jauntily adverb —jauntiness noun [uncountable]
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jaunty• By the time our bowls were scraped clean, our anxieties would be stilled, our spirits jaunty.• He tried to be jaunty about it and almost succeeded.• His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.• They love him ... all that golden hair and the jaunty moustache.• a jaunty pink shirt• Characters sing jaunty ragtime and barbershop melodies.• The 1960s were the years of jaunty self-confidence among economists, and the reasons for this were not difficult to fathom.• She had a startlingly dashing necklace and wore some sort of a uniform cap in a jaunty way.at a jaunty angle• His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.Origin jaunty (1700-1800) jentee “polite” ((17-18 centuries)), from French gentiljaun·ty adjectiveChineseSyllable
you that are confident happy and showing Corpus
jaunty
jaun‧ty /ˈdʒɔːnti $ ˈdʒɒːnti, ˈdʒɑːnti/
adjective
He had a jaunty walk.
Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.
2. jaunty music is fast and makes you feel happy:
a jaunty tune
—jauntily adverb
—jauntiness noun [uncountable]
jaun‧ty /ˈdʒɔːnti $ ˈdʒɒːnti, ˈdʒɑːnti/
adjective Date: 1700-1800
Origin: jentee 'polite' (17-18 centuries), from French gentil
1. showing that you are confident and happy:Origin: jentee 'polite' (17-18 centuries), from French gentil
2. jaunty music is fast and makes you feel happy:
—jauntily adverb
—jauntiness noun [uncountable]