jauntily
Example Sentences
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While the sun is blazing overhead, I keep the sat phone tucked in my back pocket and play the role of carefree traveler, riding jauntily around in Land Rovers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Cut the pastry into roughly nine 3-inch squares and tuck each one into a prepared muffin tin, leaving the corners to rise jauntily above the cups.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
His version of a dad joke meant, I think, to jauntily suggest that I wasn’t his?
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2024
Nearby, Rhythm jauntily greets some of the show’s producers, who pause their work to pet the charming pup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024
In perfect German, the radio announcer says jauntily, as if he's announcing a tennis match, "This is BBC London with the German news broadcast!"
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
