All 7 Uses of
jaunty
in
Gone with the Wind
- In the militia, there were many middle-aged men and some older men but there was a fair sprinkling of men of military age who did not carry themselves quite so jauntily as their elders or their juniors.†
Chpt 2.9
- But as she hurried toward the incensed group, she saw Rhett bow jauntily and start toward the doorway through the crowd.†
Chpt 2.12
- Scarlett shivered as she watched him run down the walk to the carriage, his saber glinting in the feeble winter sunlight, the fringe of his sash dancing jauntily.†
Chpt 2.15
- There were graybeards older than her father trying to step jauntily along in the needlefine rain to the rhythm of the fife and drum corps.†
Chpt 3.18
- They marched in good order, jaunty for all their rags, their torn red battle flags flying in the rain.†
Chpt 3.18 *
- "Why?" he laughed jauntily.†
Chpt 3.23
- He was dirty and unshaven and without a cravat but somehow jaunty despite his dishabille, and his dark eyes were snapping joyfully at the sight of her.†
Chpt 4.34
Definition:
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(jaunty) appearing cheerful, lively, and self-confident