JAUNTILY, JAUNTY
ADJECTIVES
► NAUNTLY conceited, jaunty → 1827 Eng. dial.
► VANDIE ► VANNIE ► VAUNTIE of persons: proud, boastful, vain; proud-looking, jaunty, ostentatious, showy; pleased, elated → 1724 Sc. obs.
ADVERBS
► RAKISHLY jauntily, cheerfully, light-heartedly → 1838
NOUNS
► FLINK a pert or insolent kind of deportment; a conceited, jaunty air; a frolic, a flirtation; a good time, a ‘fling’ → 1882 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
VERBS
► CANT to move about with a jaunty step → 1674 obs. exc. Eng. dial.