Dictionary Entry
jaunty
jaunty is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
- 2adjective
having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air- Frances G. Patton- H.M.Reynolds
"looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"
"life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"
- 3adjective
marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
"a dapper young man"
"a jaunty red hat"
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