Both Uses of
jaunty
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train, their silver-wiry hair and wrinkled faces, scourged by time and trouble, having almost a grotesque, certainly a pathetic, appearance in such a jaunty situation.†
Chpt 1 *
- It was obvious at a glance that the original Weltlust had come back; that he had restored himself, as nearly as a man could do who had grown three or four years older, to the old jaunty, slapdash guise under which Tess had first known her admirer, and cousin so-called.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
appearing cheerful, lively, and self-confident