jaunty

“Elephant Boy” is jaunty and whimsical, and swells with circus organ as he considers alternative lives he’s managed not to have.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

In 1938, he brought a jaunty brio to “The Adventures of Robin Hood” that forever defined the character.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

My brothers were particularly fond of one wooden ewe mounted on wheels, which gave her the jaunty appearance of a sheep who had recently discovered skateboarding.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Erling Haaland stood on the pitch in Dallas, a goofy grin across his face and a Viking helmet atop his head at a jaunty angle.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

As he was brought into the warehouse, Smith recognized his old foe, Dewey; he stopped chewing a hunk of Doublemint gum he had in his mouth, and grinned and winked at Dewey, jaunty and mischievous.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

Hnath creates his own universe, and the design choices should reflect this wonderland quality to a jauntier degree.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025

Two portraits of composer Arnold Schoenberg depict him seated in a chair, but one is formal and mostly in shades of gray while the other is looser, jauntier and heavy on reds and pinks.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2019

To the rear is the stylishly poised Miramar restaurant and on one side the jauntier hotel Belle-Vue, with its tiny, busy balcony restaurant poking out on the first floor.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2013

His new film, the 12th written by Paul Laverty, has a jauntier tone.

From Time ● May 27, 2012

"Yours are shorter and jauntier than mine, Jane," she argued.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Edith Bancroft

That “Going Shopping” is the album’s jauntiest cut — with a music video that restages Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al,” no less — only sharpens the critique.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

The distinct period setting and sleek, angular design of the first “Incredibles,” with its Midcentury Modern home furnishings and retro-futuristic architecture, made it the jauntiest, most American of Pixar masterworks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2018

American insouciance melts Russian sanctimony in Arthur Freed’s 1957 production “Silk Stockings,” the jauntiest of Cold War movies.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2016

He came on with a drink for the batsmen, and starting signalling an overturned review to the England fielders, all the while wearing the jauntiest of smiles.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 3, 2015

"Very well," he made answer, with his jauntiest air, assuming a tone of friendly good-fellowship toward his brother-god.

From The Great Taboo by Grant Allen