jauntily

From jaunty +‎ -ly.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːn.tɪ.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑn.tɪ.li/, /ˈd͡ʒɔn.tɪ.li/

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jauntily (comparative more jauntily, superlative most jauntily)

1. In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
2. In a dapper or stylish manner.
3. In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 52:

     [He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.

• (in a dapper or stylish manner): rakishly, stylishly

• jaunt
• jaunty