1700-1800jentee ‘polite’(17-18 centuries), from Frenchgentil
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
a jaunty pink shirt
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
By the time our bowls were scraped clean, our anxieties would be stilled, our spirits jaunty.
Characters sing jaunty ragtime and barbershop melodies.
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.
She had a startlingly dashing necklace and wore some sort of a uniform cap in a jaunty way.
The 1960s were the years of jaunty self-confidence among economists, and the reasons for this were not difficult to fathom.
They love him ... all that golden hair and the jaunty moustache.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY►at a jaunty angle
Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►angle
· His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.
1showing that you are confident and happy: He had a jaunty walk. Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.2jaunty music is fast and makes you feel happy: a jaunty tune—jauntily adverb—jauntiness noun [uncountable]