Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: jauntily
IPA transcription: [dʒ'ɔntəli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jauntily
    Meaning: in a jaunty fashionable manner; "his hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair"
Usage examples
  • 'Well, good-bye, Miss Tellwright,' he said jauntily.
  • Under the blossoms rode the Little Colonel, all in white herself this May morning, except the little Napoleon hat of black velvet, set jauntily over her short light hair.
  • "You see," explained Bertram, jauntily, to Arkwright, whose eyes were slightly puzzled, "Cyril never plays unless the piano and the pedals and the weather and your ears and my watch and his fingers are just right!"
  • His vest was of some bright yellow material; a white taffety cap was set jauntily on one side of his head; and, to complete his equipment, a blood-red silk handkerchief enveloped his throat, and fell down, in a dainty manner, upon his bosom, in a fantastic bow-knot of super-eminent dimensions.