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Definition of "jauntily" []

  • In an airy, showy, or affected manner. (adverb)
  • In a dapper or stylish manner. (adverb)
  • In an ostentatiously self-confident manner. (adverb)

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Use "jauntily" in a sentence
  • "His was the gait of the wolf, smooth, tireless and effortless, and at the end of fifty miles he would come in jauntily ahead of the horse."
  • "The logical end of this unholy union of advertising ideas means that all the band/football/etc. parents bedeck themselves in jauntily-supportive orange."
  • "His was the gait of the wolf, smooth, tireless, and effortless, and at the end of fifty miles he would come in jauntily ahead of the horse."