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