adv
Meaning 1
In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
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adv
In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
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adv
In a dapper or stylish manner.
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adv
In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.
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adverb
in a jaunty fashionable manner
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History
Etymology tree English jaunty Middle English -ly English -ly English jauntily From jaunty + -ly.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.