jaunty
adjective /ˈdʒɔːn.ti/
/ˈdʒɑːn.t̬i/ Definition
› showing that you are happy and confident: a jaunty grin/step. When he came back his hat was at a jaunty angle and he was smiling.Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something jauntily /-tɪ.li/
/-t̬ɪ.li/ adverb Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something jauntiness /-nəs/ noun [U] Pleasure and happiness
/-t̬ɪ.li/ adverb Feeling pleasure and happinessTaking pleasure in something jauntiness /-nəs/ noun [U] Pleasure and happiness (Definition of jaunty adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- be floating on air idiom
- be full of the joys of spring idiom
- be in seventh heaven idiom
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- chuffed adjective
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- delighted adjective
- ecstatic adjective
- happy camper noun
- joyful adjective
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- rapturous adjective
- thrilled adjective
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