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jauntily

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈdʒɔːn.tɪ.li/
  • US: /ˈd͡ʒɑn.tɪ.li/
  • US: /ˈd͡ʒɔn.tɪ.li/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: JH AO1 N T AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In an airy, showy, or affected manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In a dapper or stylish manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

in a jaunty fashionable manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English jaunty Middle English -ly English -ly English jauntily From jaunty + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: leuhkasti — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • German: unbeschwert — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • German: munter — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • German: fröhlich — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • Russian: ве́село (véselo) — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • Russian: беспе́чно (bespéčno) — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • Russian: легкомы́сленно (lexkomýslenno) — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • Russian: небре́жно (nebréžno) — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • Russian: манерно (manerno) — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • Spanish: animadamente — in an airy, showy, or affected manner
  • Finnish: leuhkasti — in a dapper or stylish manner
  • Russian: небре́жно (nebréžno) — in a dapper or stylish manner
  • Russian: с небре́жным изя́ществом (s nebréžnym izjáščestvom) — in a dapper or stylish manner
  • Russian: щёгольски (ščógolʹski) — in a dapper or stylish manner
  • Finnish: leuhkasti — in an ostentatiously self-confident manner
  • Russian: небре́жно (nebréžno) — in an ostentatiously self-confident manner
  • Russian: самоуверенно (samouverenno) — in an ostentatiously self-confident manner
  • Russian: развязно (razvjazno) — in an ostentatiously self-confident manner