- 1showing that you are feeling confident and pleased with yourself synonym cheerful a jaunty smile a hat set at a jaunty angle
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- 2lively a jaunty tune
NAmE//ˈdʒɔntəli//
adverb He set off jauntily, whistling to himself. NAmE//ˈdʒɔntinəs//
noun [uncountable]See jaunty in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: jaunty