JAUNTINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jauntiness mean? 

• JAUNTINESS (noun)
  The noun JAUNTINESS has 2 senses:

1. stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance

2. a breezy liveliness

  Familiarity information: JAUNTINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAUNTINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dapperness; jauntiness; nattiness; rakishness

Hypernyms ("jauntiness" is a kind of...):

chic; chichi; chicness; last word; modishness; smartness; stylishness; swank (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)

Derivation:

jaunty (marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A breezy liveliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

breeziness; jauntiness

Context example:

a delightful breeziness of manner

Hypernyms ("jauntiness" is a kind of...):

life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)

Derivation:

jaunty (having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air)

 Context examples 

All the jauntiness had gone out of his manner, and he had turned suddenly into a sad and serious man.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I noticed that she wore her evening dress, all her dresses, like sports clothes—there was a jauntiness about her movements as if she had first learned to walk upon golf courses on clean, crisp mornings.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)