Jaunty definition

Walking at a jaunty pace; music with jaunty rhythms.

A jaunty grin; a hat worn at a jaunty angle.

An example of jaunty is a child skipping down the street.

An example of jaunty is a man wearing a pocket square in his suit pocket.

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.

He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.

He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.