Definitions for jaunty

jaunty jaun·ty

Spelling: [jawn-tee, jahn-]
IPA: /ˈdʒɔn ti, ˈdʒɑn-/

Jaunty is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in jaunty (ajntuy).

Definitions for jaunty

adjective

  1. easy and sprightly in manner or bearing:
  2. smartly trim, as clothing:

Origin of jaunty

1655-65; earlier jentee, juntee French gentil noble, gentle, genteel with ending taken as -y1

Examples for jaunty

But once he came up out of the cabin with a jaunty feather in his hat.

He was cool and jaunty, his hands in his pockets, a rose in his buttonhole.

That song would soon morph from the jaunty clip of the light rail to the siren sounds of jazz.

To conceal my nervousness I tried to affect an air of jaunty composure.

He would have to dissemble, and he rejoined his party with what he intended for a jaunty air.

She tried to be jaunty, but the jauntiness did not ring quite true.

There was something soldierly in his bearing, and he wore a jaunty cap and jacket.

"It's been weeks since I left my mark," he said in his jaunty British accent.

Baldwin introduced the show wearing a jaunty blue blazer, but conducted the taped interview wearing a sober gray suit.

She perfectly captures the jaunty, businesslike hooker enjoying the absurd side of her job.

Word Value for jaunty
Scrable

16

Words with friends

19

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