jauntily

English

WOTD – 11 August 2010

Etymology

Etymology tree

English jaunty

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English jauntily

From jaunty + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːn.tɪ.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑn.tɪ.li/, /ˈd͡ʒɔn.tɪ.li/

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Adverb

jauntily (comparative more jauntily, superlative most jauntily)

1. In an airy, showy, or affected manner.
2. In a dapper or stylish manner.
3. In an ostentatiously self-confident manner.
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 52:

     [He] walked quite jauntily across the courtyard to the distant door, his sandals clacking against the marble.

Synonyms

• (in a dapper or stylish manner): rakishly, stylishly

Related terms

• jaunt
• jaunty

Translations

in an airy, showy, or affected manner

• Finnish: leuhkasti (fi)
• German: unbeschwert (de), munter (de), fröhlich (de)
• Polish: pretensjonalnie (pl), wymuszenie (pl)
• Russian: ве́село (ru) (véselo), беспе́чно (ru) (bespéčno), легкомы́сленно (ru) (lexkomýslenno), небре́жно (ru) (nebréžno), манерно (ru) (manerno)
• Spanish: animadamente (es)

in a dapper or stylish manner

• Finnish: leuhkasti (fi)
• Polish: strojnie (pl), szykownie (pl), elegancko (pl), wytwornie (pl), szarmancko (pl)
• Russian: небре́жно (ru) (nebréžno), с небре́жным изя́ществом (s nebréžnym izjáščestvom), щёгольски (ru) (ščógolʹski)

in an ostentatiously self-confident manner

• Finnish: leuhkasti (fi)
• Polish: wyzywająco, zadziornie (pl), buńczucznie
• Russian: небре́жно (ru) (nebréžno), самоуверенно (ru) (samouverenno), развязно (ru) (razvjazno)