jauntyadjective
uk/ˈdʒɔːn.ti/us/ˈdʒɑːn.t̬i/showing that you are happy and confident:
a jaunty grin/step
When he came back his hat was at a jaunty angle and he was smiling.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feeling pleasure and happiness
- (as) pleased as Punch idiom
- be as high as a kite idiom
- be dancing in the streets idiom
- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
- breezy
- brighten
- contented
- dance
- delighted
- ecstatic
- elated
- incandescent
- jolly
- jump for joy idiom
- light-hearted
- look/feel like a million dollars idiom
- loved up
- made up
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jauntily
adverb uk/ˈdʒɔːn.təl.i/us/ˈdʒɑːn.t̬əl.i/
He scampered jauntily down the stairs.
jauntiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈdʒɔːn.ti.nəs/us/ˈdʒɑːn.t̬i.nəs/