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jauntiness



NOUN
lightheartedness
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG
WEAK
gloom heavyheartedness




Example Sentences

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Set to a triumphal score by Amelia Warner, there’s a hint of Bruckheimer’s “Pirates of the Caribbean”-style jauntiness to the powerful orchestration that adds to the sense of melodrama at play.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2024

With an offstage orchestra finding the lyricism and jauntiness in the Caribbean-flavored score, overseen by musical directors Elisa Rosman and Refiye Tappan, this is a worthwhile and joyful rendition of a classic.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022

This last remark is delivered with a familiar jauntiness, but it is not accompanied by the smile or laughter that used to come so naturally.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 13, 2020

Soon, the jauntiness gives way to gritty reality, and the mood shifts.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2019

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.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald