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jauntiness



NOUN
lightheartedness
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK
gloom heavyheartedness




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Set to a triumphal score by Amelia Warner, there’s a hint of Bruckheimer’s “Pirates of the Caribbean”-style jauntiness to the powerful orchestration that adds to the sense of melodrama at play.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2024

Lacking that, the season’s appealing jauntiness takes on a grim weight even as it asks us to ponder what we owe to each other.

From Salon Nov. 21, 2023

With an offstage orchestra finding the lyricism and jauntiness in the Caribbean-flavored score, overseen by musical directors Elisa Rosman and Refiye Tappan, this is a worthwhile and joyful rendition of a classic.

From Washington Post Oct. 24, 2022

This last remark is delivered with a familiar jauntiness, but it is not accompanied by the smile or laughter that used to come so naturally.

From Golf Digest Apr. 13, 2020

There was a swagger to his steps, a jauntiness to his movements, that had not been there before.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman




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