1. (adj.)jaunty easy and sprightly in manner or bearing: to walk with a jaunty step.
2. jaunty smartly trim, as clothing: a jaunty hat.
Etymology: (1655–65; < F gentil noble, gentle, genteel with ending taken as -y1)
Definition of 'jaunty'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (adj)dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
2. (adj)chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty 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"
Definition of 'jaunty'
Webster Dictionary
1. jaunty airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner
Definitions of jaunty 
Afrikaans: lugtig
Arabic: مَرِح، أنيق
Bulgarian: весел
Brazilian: lépido
Czech: uvolněný, živý; apartní
German: munter
Danish: frisk; livlig
Greek: κεφάτος, ζωηρός
Spanish: alegre, garboso
Estonian: lõbus, rõõmus
Farsi: سرزنده
Finnish: railakas
French: désinvolte
Hebrew: עַלִיז, שׂבָע רָצוֹן מֵעַ
Hindi: जिन्दादिल
Croatian: živahan, veseo
Hungarian: könnyed
Indonesian: ceria
Icelandic: líflegur
Italian: diinvolto, sbarazzino
Japanese: 陽気な
Korean: 경쾌한
Lithuanian: pakilus, prašmatnus
Latvian: mundrs; bezrūpīgs; dzīves
Malay: ceria
Dutch: kwiek
Norwegian: kjekk, livlig, feiende
Polish: wesoły
Persian: سرزنده
Pashto: خوشحاله: ورين تندى
Portuguese: lépido
Romanian: dezinvolt
Russian: бойкий
Slovak: veselý; elegantný
Slovenian: živahen
Serbian: veseo
Swedish: hurtig, käck
Thai: ร่าเริง
Turkish: şen şakrak; şık, gösteriş
Taiwanese: 輕鬆愉快的，花俏的
Ukrainian: веселий, жвавий
Urdu: خوش باش
Vietnamese: vui nhộn
Chinese: 洋洋得意的，时髦的
