Meanings
adverbjauntily (comparative more jauntily, superlative most jauntily)
comparative more jauntily · superlative most jauntily
- In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.
[He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.
1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 52
Synonyms & antonyms
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Finnish leuhkasti, leuhkasti
- leuhkastiin an airy, showy, or affected manner
- leuhkastiin a dapper or stylish manner
- leuhkastiin an ostentatiously self-confident manner
German unbeschwert, munter
- unbeschwertin an airy, showy, or affected manner
- munterin an airy, showy, or affected manner
- fröhlichin an airy, showy, or affected manner
Polish pretensjonalnie, wymuszenie
- pretensjonalniein an airy, showy, or affected manner
- wymuszeniein an airy, showy, or affected manner
- strojniein a dapper or stylish manner
- szykowniein a dapper or stylish manner
- eleganckoin a dapper or stylish manner
- wytworniein a dapper or stylish manner
- szarmanckoin a dapper or stylish manner
- wyzywającoin an ostentatiously self-confident manner
- zadziorniein an ostentatiously self-confident manner
- buńczuczniein an ostentatiously self-confident manner
Russian ве́село, беспе́чно
- ве́село (véselo)in an airy, showy, or affected manner
- беспе́чно (bespéčno)in an airy, showy, or affected manner
- легкомы́сленно (lexkomýslenno)in an airy, showy, or affected manner
- небре́жно (nebréžno)in an airy, showy, or affected manner
- манерно (manerno)in an airy, showy, or affected manner
- небре́жно (nebréžno)in a dapper or stylish manner
- с небре́жным изя́ществом (s nebréžnym izjáščestvom)in a dapper or stylish manner
- щёгольски (ščógolʹski)in a dapper or stylish manner
- небре́жно (nebréžno)in an ostentatiously self-confident manner
- самоуверенно (samouverenno)in an ostentatiously self-confident manner
- развязно (razvjazno)in an ostentatiously self-confident manner
Spanish animadamente
- animadamentein an airy, showy, or affected manner
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jauntily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jauntily
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Chicago
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