Usually means: Cheerful, lively, and confidently stylish.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word JAUNTY:

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  1. jaunty: Merriam-Webster
  2. jaunty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jaunty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jaunty: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jaunty: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jaunty, jaunty: Wordnik
  7. jaunty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Jaunty, jaunty: Wiktionary
  9. jaunty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jaunty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jaunty: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jaunty, jaunty: Dictionary.com
  13. jaunty: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. jaunty: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Jaunty: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. jaunty: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. jaunty: Rhymezone
  18. Jaunty: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. jaunty: FreeDictionary.org
  20. jaunty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. jaunty: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. jaunty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jaunty: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jaunty: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jaunty: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See jauntier as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Jaunty)

▸ adjective:  Airy; showy; finical.
▸ adjective:  (by extension) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
▸ adjective:  Dapper or stylish.
▸ adjective:  Ostentatiously self-confident.
▸ noun:  (nautical) A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship.
▸ noun:  A traditional nickname for a Royal Navy master-at-arms

Similar:
cheerful, chipper, rakish, debonair, dashing, dapper, natty, debonaire, stylish, smart, more...

Opposite:
somber, dour, gloomy, glum

Types:
sprightly, jolly, jovial, merry, cheerful, blithe, lighthearted, more...

Phrases:
jaunty car, jaunty ditty, jaunty greeting, jaunty in appearance, jaunty tune, more...

Adjectives:
little, same, brilliant, usual, certain, other, such, old

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Similar:
cheerful, chipper, rakish, debonair, dashing, dapper, natty, debonaire, stylish, smart, more...

Opposite:
somber, dour, gloomy, glum

Types:
sprightly, jolly, jovial, merry, cheerful, blithe, lighthearted, more...

Phrases:
jaunty car, jaunty ditty, jaunty greeting, jaunty in appearance, jaunty tune, in a jaunty manner, more...

Adjectives:
little, same, brilliant, usual, certain, other, such, old

Colors:
    sunny yellow,     bright orange,     vivid red,     electric blue,     lime green, more...



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