jaunty

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Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner

The courtier was a jaunty fellow, attuned to the esoteric court gossip and attentive to the least beneficial wind of favor blowing from the throne.

Ostentatiously self-confident

He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.

Dapper or stylish

He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.

{a} showy, gay, giddy, fluttering
marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
{s} lively, merry; stylish but sporty
If you describe someone or something as jaunty, you mean that they are full of confidence and energy. a jaunty little man + jauntily jaun·ti·ly He walked jauntily into the cafe
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man diverted by his own wit"- Frances G Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"- H M Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty optimist"
jaunty car
Variant of jaunting car
jauntily
In an airy, showy, or affected manner
jauntily
In an ostentatiously self-confident manner
jauntily
In a dapper or stylish manner
jauntily
{a} airily, gayly, briskly, nimbly, quickly
jauntiness
{n} airiness, gayety, briskness, flutter
jauntier
More jaunty
jauntiest
superlative of jaunty
jauntily
in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair
jauntily
In a jaunty manner
jauntily
in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair"
jauntily
in a lively manner, merrily; in a stylish manner
jauntiness
{i} liveliness, gaiety; stylishness
jauntiness
stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
jauntiness
The quality of being jaunty
jaunty
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