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jaunty
adjective as in lively
Weak matches
- airy
- animated
- bold
- brash
- careless
- cocky
- dapper
- dashing
- debonair
- devil-may-care
- easy
- exhilarated
- flip
- flippant
- forward
- free
- fresh
- frisky
- frolicsome
- gamesome
- gay
- high-spirited
- hilarious
- impetuous
- impudent
- jocose
- joking
- light
- natty
- nervy
- prankish
- provocative
- reckless
- self-confident
- showy
- smart
- sportive
- sporty
- spruce
- swaggering
- trim
- venturesome
- vivacious
Example Sentences
A motorik beat, jaunty bass line and melodic wafts of keyboard make the track go down with a disarming ease.
He leaves the others stunned and David mortified until the storm cloud passes and he’s his jaunty, loquacious self again.
With a rendition of Frank Sinatra’s jaunty “Fly Me to the Moon,” Payne showed off his immaculate pitch and rich vocal tone, and a rakish presence beyond his years.
The duo offers an equally fresh approach to “Don’t Let Me Down Again,” with its jaunty headfirst rhythms and ferocity.
Clocking in at just under two hours, the show began with album opener “Felt Good About You,” a folksy number whose jaunty tambourine gives it the feel of a tune from an indie film soundtrack.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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