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jaunty

[jawn-tee, jahn-] / ˈdʒɔn ti, ˈdʒɑn- /


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The documentary also features bright colors, funky music and an often jaunty tone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Instead, he delivers his hair-raising message—that we’re staring at “a humiliating and bloody defeat” if we go to war with China—in a jaunty, clever and sometimes breathless book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In 1964 Frank Sinatra recorded his jaunty love song “Fly Me to the Moon.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The pop star achieved the feat with her single XMAS, an irrepressibly jaunty anthem about "the presents underneath the tree" and kissing someone special "out in the snow".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

It has a jaunty sound to it, don’t you agree?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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