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# jaunty

«jaunty» in Mova's school dictionary: **Cheerful, lively and smart in looks or manner: a jaunty hat** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (jauntier, jauntiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cheerful, lively and smart in looks or manner: a jaunty hat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunty/#m1)

2) Bold and carefree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunty/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a character wears a jaunty coat or has a jaunty air, showing a proud, cheerful look

### examples

- He wore a jaunty red cap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunty/#x1)
- The jaunty tune made us dance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunty/#x2)
- Her jaunty walk showed she was pleased. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunty/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «jaunty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jaunty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.