All 3 Uses of
jaunty
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- She listened to the village noises common to all the world, jungle or prairie; sounds simple and charged with magic—dogs barking, chickens making a gurgling sound of content, children at play, a man beating a rug, wind in the cottonwood trees, a locust fiddling, a footstep on the walk, jaunty voices of Bea and a grocer's boy in the kitchen, a clinking anvil, a piano—not too near.†
Chpt 5
- With unnecessary jauntiness he chuckled, "Some nice flannels, them samples, heh?"†
Chpt 31 *
- She went to Vida with a jaunty, "I think I shall work for you.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
appearing cheerful, lively, and self-confident