Jaunty
['dʒɔːntɪ] or ['dʒɔnti]
Definition
(superl.) Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Checker: Max
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [Written also Janty.] Airy, showy, finical, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, gay, fine.
Typist: Lucas
Definition
adj. airy: showy: finical.—adv. Jaunt′ily.—n. Jaunt′iness.
Editor: Madge
Examples
- She was frightened, and when she was frightened she always laughed and pretended to be jaunty. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His face was thin and haggard; but an indescribable air of jaunty impudence and perfect self-possession pervaded the whole man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Madge