[
UK
/dʒˈɔːntɪnəs/
]
NOUN
- stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
-
a breezy liveliness
a delightful breeziness of manner
How To Use jauntiness In A Sentence
- We started the day with the jauntiness of talented but fallible people who knew they had not, this time, fouled up. DOWNTOWN
- Theatricality rather than reality is the keynote of his production, a point symbolised by the constant background music of Latenas Faustas, which varies from fairground jauntiness to pianistic plangency.
- We started the day with the jauntiness of talented but fallible people who knew they had not, this time, fouled up. DOWNTOWN
- The end of the Rebs and their damned confederacy is forming right here,’ the corporal said, though the earlier jauntiness was absent from his voice.
- But jauntiness rears its head in the form of one-armed cartwheels.
- For instance, we can hear Copland-esque rhythmic jauntiness in mailman Mario's funny exchanges with Neruda and out-takes of Britten's Peter Grimes to indicate foreboding, and even hints of Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms in some choral passages. Donna Perlmutter: Postino and Figaro: Underclass Heroes Who Usher in L.A. Opera's 25th Season
