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jauntily

/jawn-tuh-lee, jahn-/US // ˈdʒɔn tə li, ˈdʒɑn- //

愉快地,愉快地进行,愉快的,轻轻地

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in an easy and lively manner: Just as she was wishing he were there, he suddenly appeared on the stairway and made his way jauntily down it.
    • : in a smartly trim manner: With the yellow beret perched jauntily on my head, I thought I was a true fashion plate.

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Examples

  • One moment he is bouncing along swinging his arms jauntily, clearly happy to be there.

  • At 10 sharp, they will lift musical instruments and, if all goes as planned, will play “Washington’s Grand March,” a jaunty old tune that dates to the early days of the country and honors George Washington.

  • Combined with the jaunty tune, you’d almost believe the robots are having a good time together if you didn’t know they’re just performing their programmed movements.

  • “Fly to My Room” is next, a jaunty song with a cute Ariana Grande-ish vibe that’s all about turning your room into a fantasy world tour because you’re stuck inside and can’t leave.

  • At one moment, he walks forward jauntily, as though walking onto a dance floor, at another he lifts one leg, then another.

  • Meanwhile, New York Magazine ran a jauntily satirical article—“Bro, Can You Spare, Like, Five Bills?”

  • He holds the Carcano rifle proudly, even jauntily, pointing its barrel toward the sky.

  • Springer jauntily replies, quickly adding that his tawdry syndicated show is probably a more accurate harbinger of the End Times.

  • And let's not forget death panels, Sarah Palin's jauntily inflammatory phrase for the "Independent Medicare Advisory Board."

  • Yet he feared to meet her eyes, and was glad of a saluting sepoy who swaggered jauntily past the open gate.

  • BOB (rather jauntily, as he leans back against the end of the sofa and feels for his cigarette-case).

  • A handsome French straw hat was set jauntily on one side of her head, and her long curls hung over her white neck and shoulders.

  • It might be a boy private with a sprig of early spring wild flowers jauntily stuck in his cap who waved at us.

  • Jack's tone was as flippant as ever, and he carried his handsome head as jauntily as if they were talking of the merriest themes.