jaunty

jaunty
    adj 1: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
           young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing},
           {jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, {spiffy},
           {snappy}, {spruce}]
    2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking
       chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit"- Frances G.
       Patton; "life that is gay, brisk, and debonair"-
       H.M.Reynolds; "walked with a jaunty step"; "a jaunty
       optimist" [syn: {chipper}, {debonair}, {debonaire}, {jaunty}]
    

Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. {Jauntier}; superl. {Jauntiest}.]
   [Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See {Gentle}, and cf.
   {Genty}.]
   Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
   fantastical manner.
   [1913 Webster]
    

87 Moby Thesaurus words for "jaunty":
      airy, blithe, brave, bravura, braw, breezy, brisk, buoyant,
      carefree, cheerful, chic, chichi, classy, clothes-conscious,
      colorful, corky, cosmopolitan, dapper, daring, dashing, debonair,
      dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressy, elegant,
      exhibitionistic, exquisite, flamboyant, flash, flashing, flashy,
      flaunting, free and easy, frilly, frisky, frothy, gallant, gay,
      genteel, glittering, happy, high-spirited, jazzy, jolly, jovial,
      jubilant, light, lighthearted, lightsome, lively, merry, natty,
      neat, nifty, nobby, perky, posh, rakish, recherche, resilient,
      ritzy, sharp, showy, sleek, smart, smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee,
      sophisticated, spiffy, spirited, splashy, splurgy, sporty,
      sprightly, spruce, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell,
      tricksy, trig, trim, well-dressed, well-groomed