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jauntiness

/jawn-tee, jahn-/US // ˈdʒɔn ti, ˈdʒɑn- //UK // (ˈdʒɔːntɪ) //

友好性,友好,友好关系,爵士乐

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    jaun·ti·er, jaun·ti·est.

    • : easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
    • : smartly trim, as clothing: a jaunty hat.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incheerfulness
as incheer
as insportiveness

Examples

  • They belie the jaunty persona she presented to most of her correspondents and illuminate the lengths she went to conceal her unhappiness.

  • Emily Hoxworth Hager assembles frog, bat and bird bones into a jaunty little creature outfitted with hat and staff.

  • That song would soon morph from the jaunty clip of the light rail to the siren sounds of jazz.

  • "It's been weeks since I left my mark," he said in his jaunty British accent.

  • Baldwin introduced the show wearing a jaunty blue blazer, but conducted the taped interview wearing a sober gray suit.

  • She perfectly captures the jaunty, businesslike hooker enjoying the absurd side of her job.

  • "Leebie Granger is young," he went on insultingly, in a collected even voice which he strove to make jaunty in tone.

  • And when it is contented it seems to be smiling from the corners of its mouth to the jaunty little curl in its tail.

  • He came at a brisk pace, carrying his fifty-two years with a jaunty vigor that was the envy of many a younger man.

  • One day a man, wearing a jaunty silk hat, came into my office.

  • He stooped to kiss her, and then went off, whistling a jaunty air meant to indicate extreme cheerfulness.