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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

Although there is scarcely a reader of history unaware of the widely rumored affair between Edwina Mountbatten—the viceroy’s wife—and Jawaharlal Nehru, that most worldly of Indian anti-imperialists, Mr. Dalrymple repackages it with jaunty mischief.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

His book, flowing with jaunty charm, is Milne-centered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 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

Ragtime47 , for example, would hardly be ragtime without the jaunty syncopations in the melody set against the steady unsyncopated bass.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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