jauntily
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɔːn.tɪ.li/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑn.tɪ.li/, /ˈd͡ʒɔn.tɪ.li/
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Adverb edit
jauntily (comparative more jauntily, superlative most jauntily)
- In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
- In a dapper or stylish manner.
- 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.
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in an airy, showy, or affected manner
in a dapper or stylish manner
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