Jauntily

//ˈd͡ʒɑn.tɪ.li// adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
  2. 2
    In a dapper or stylish manner.
  3. 3
    In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.

    "[He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a jaunty fashionable manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
airilycheerfullycheerilydaringlyexquisitelygaily

Example

More examples

"He carried his head very jauntily in the air, had a swaggering style of walking, and was, above all else, remarkable for his extraordinary height."

Etymology

From jaunty + -ly.

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self confident

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