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jauntier

jauntier is the comparative form of jaunty.

Meaning of jaunty

Adjective

jaunty (comparative jauntier, superlative jauntiest)

  1. Airy; showy; finical.
  2. (broadly) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
  3. Dapper or stylish.
    • He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
    Synonyms:
    pert, rakish
  4. Ostentatiously self-confident.
    • He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.

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Questions about jauntier

What is jauntier the comparative form of?
Jauntier is the comparative form of jaunty.

Words near jauntier in the dictionary

  1. jaunt
  2. jaunted
  3. jauntee
  4. jaunter
  5. jaunters
  6. jauntier
  7. jaunties
  8. jauntiest
  9. jauntily
  10. jauntiness
  11. jauntinesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jauntier (page history and authors); jaunty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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