jaunty
adjective /ˈdʒɔːnti/
/ˈdʒɔːnti/
- showing that you are feeling confident and pleased with yourself synonym cheerful
- a jaunty smile
- a hat set at a jaunty angle
- lively
- a jaunty tune
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘well-bred, genteel’): from French gentil ‘high-born, noble’ (see gentle, genteel).