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jantily

jantily is the obsolete spelling of jauntily.

Meaning of jauntily

Adverb

jauntily (comparative more jauntily, superlative most jauntily)

  1. In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
  2. In a dapper or stylish manner.
    Synonyms:
    rakishly, stylishly
  3. In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.
    • [He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 52

Forms of jantily

comparativemore jantily
superlativemost jantily

Origin of jantily

From janty + -ly.

Questions about jantily

What is jantily the obsolete spelling of?
Jantily is the obsolete spelling of jauntily.

Words near jantily in the dictionary

  1. janthinid
  2. janthinids
  3. janthinobacteria
  4. janthinobacterial
  5. janthinobacterium
  6. jantily
  7. jantiness
  8. janting
  9. Janto
  10. jants
  11. jantu

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