Adjective

(er)

Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

The courtier was a jaunty fellow, attuned to the esoteric court gossip and attentive to the least beneficial wind of favor blowing from the throne.

Dapper or stylish.

He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.

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.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Endowed with life; full of life or spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;