jaunty

adjective

ˈjȯn-tē How to pronounce jaunty (audio)
Definition of jauntynext
as in lively
having much high-spirited energy and movement oozing charm, the jaunty dance instructor literally swept the women off their feet

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Recent Examples of jaunty Just as the story mines humor from the collision of old-fashioned ways with a modern frankness, Paul’s score combines the appeal of jaunty golden-age sounds with a freshness that feels present day. — Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026 This season, Maxime Frédéric—the pastry chef behind the house’s Paris bakery, who was named World’s Best Pastry Chef in 2025—has added a jaunty yellow handle. — Air Mail, 4 Apr. 2026 Underwood surprisingly played along with the joke in November, dressing up in an orange jumpsuit and jaunty cap on the team’s trip to New York to play Connecticut at Madison Square Garden. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026 Salvadori was last on the Croisette in 2018 with the far jauntier screwball crime romance The Trouble With You, one of many reasons to regret the decision of gifted actor Adèle Haenel to quit the film industry. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for jaunty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jaunty
  1. lively
  2. animated
  3. energetic
  4. brisk
  5. animate
  6. active
  7. bouncing
Adjective
  • Vibrant banners will fill the land alongside lively Spanish music.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • On East Passyunk Avenue, Supérette is a lively French wine bar, market and bottle shop where rosé and pastis are enjoyed with snacks like duck prosciutto and raclette sandwiches.
    — Regan Stephens, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of lively
Adjective
  • Annecy, which was established as a bi-annual event in 1960 and shifted to a yearly event in 1998, hosts a main competition every year, with roughly 10 or so animated films of all types — from 2D to 3D to stop-motion — competing for the Cristal for Best Feature Film.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 26 June 2026
  • The film features an original score by acclaimed composer Christophe Beck, whose iconic work on Disney’s Frozen and Frozen II has resonated with audiences around the world and helped define a generation of animated storytelling.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Definition of animated
Adjective
  • Work with Your Design Style A color this bright and energetic couldn’t possibly be versatile, too, right?
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 July 2026
  • Brazil were energetic and vertical, Vinicius Junior and Rayan stretched their opponents and Gabriel Martinelli’s stoppage-time winner was just reward.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of energetic
Adjective
  • The vineyard is the site of a Christmas tree farm, and tends to be crisp and brisk, like the resulting wines.
    — Laura Ness, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
  • There are brisk 7am forest walks, group yoga, breath work, and a class on Lanserhof healing exercises, which combine stretching, tapping, and movement.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026
Definition of brisk
Adjective
  • To imagine the natural world not as a passive resource but as an animate collaborator would be to reorder more than aesthetic categories, demanding another relation to our environment.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, ARTnews.com, 29 May 2026
  • Zugunruhe is the itinerant desire of any animate being to keep moving and growing.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 6 May 2026
Definition of animate
Adjective
  • Despite these complexities, active carriers maintain powerful air wings with F/A-18 Super Hornets and other advanced aircraft.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • This Eytino bikini set is comfortable and athletic enough for a long, active day at the beach.
    — Laurie Lyons-Makaimoku, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
Definition of active
Adjective
  • The track, which also prominently features Anuel AA and Ñengo Flow, is filled with racy and at times ludicrous double entendres which create an intoxicating romp, driven in turn by a bouncing and infectious rhythm.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Nov. 2022
  • My bush was big and bouncing, transcendent and absolutely outasight, baby.
    — Michaela angela Davis, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
Definition of bouncing

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