His hat sat jauntily on his full brown hair. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : to walk with a jaunty step. ,a jaunty hat. From Dictionary.com.
On page four of the deed for his new apartment, Mr. Edelman inked his name jauntily on the. From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
His was the gait of the wolf, smooth, tireless and effortless, and at the end of fifty miles he would come in jauntily ahead of the horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of Kind] Reference
His was the gait of the wolf, smooth, tireless, and effortless, and at the end of fifty miles he would come in jauntily ahead of the horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of Kind] Reference
A melancholy feint of calling jauntily to Mr Towlinson to fetch a cab and carry down her boxes. From Wordnik.com. [Dombey and Son] Reference
See with what a smart, decisive air he wears his hat -- "jauntily," as. From Wordnik.com. [Lha Dhu; Or, The Dark Day The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
Many cars honked, so she honked back, waving jauntily. From Wordnik.com. [Beautiful Ape Girl Baby] Reference
Then the cat walked on down the road, jauntily, like this. From Wordnik.com. [How to Tell Stories to Children, And Some Stories to Tell] Reference
Away went Pat, stepping jauntily with his basket on his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
"Draw you a check any time," the candidate returned jauntily. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
He dropped one hand carelessly, and inserted it jauntily in his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
He went downstairs, jogging jauntily, and he could hear some music playing. From Wordnik.com. [Better than Ever] Reference
Theodore Roosevelt, ex-Rough Rider, galloped jauntily onto the international scene. From Wordnik.com. [Americans Go To War] Reference
We had set out blithe and merry, riding jauntily down the wild valley of the Tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
She was a flower-girl, and was vending bouquets from a basket jauntily borne on one arm. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
In a moment the little retainer was at the door jauntily saluting in his military manner. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
"Well, Professor, I should not mind the distance in those circumstances," he answered jauntily. From Wordnik.com. [To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story] Reference
The car stopped for a pedestrian light, and a sports model bounced jauntily to a stop beside it. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
The young outlaw approached the hut at a careless sauntering walk, waving the flag jauntily in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades] Reference
The veteran was beaming, the glengary sat jauntily on one side; and his voice actually gurgled as he said. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
"Bon jour," she nodded, unsmiling, as a slim youth swung jauntily up the hard-beaten way between the cabins. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
George's at the Cove, a La Jolla restaurant, jauntily offers a high-octane martini called a Rolling Blackout. From Wordnik.com. [Bush's America Is Working] Reference
Sir Wiley and the Captain soon arranged the preliminaries, and Chanticleer walked boldly and jauntily to his post. From Wordnik.com. [Comical People] Reference
"But still," continued the Professor, almost jauntily, "we can handle the Unknown just as easily as anything else.". From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
He flung his nose jauntily against the surface, and the surface swung from it in widening eddies, circle after circle. From Wordnik.com. ["Wee Tim'rous Beasties" Studies of Animal life and Character] Reference
CHERYL CORLEY: Rod Blagojevich began the court date jauntily, shouting to reporters and spectators: Welcome to the trial. From Wordnik.com. [Ex-Gov. Blagojevich Won't Testify After All] Reference
She wore her clothes jauntily, carried herself with charming grace, and her great dimples made her frank smile irresistible. From Wordnik.com. [Elsie Marley, Honey] Reference
He adjusted his hat at the glass over the dining-room mantelpiece, lit a shilling cigar, and went off to his hospital jauntily. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Heylin, a British biographer, relies too heavily on journalistic cliches, and his jauntily aggressive tone is downright grating. From Wordnik.com. [Books] Reference
In addition to this Chet's tie was of vivid blue with yellowish dots in it, and he carried a little cane, which he swung jauntily. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island] Reference
Just at the top of it a large pile of red curls was visible, with his little cap set jauntily upon one side, to give him a military air. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The boys were moving along jauntily, happy as larks, singing snatches of songs, and amusing the Professor with sallies of wit and humor. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
Soon he was dressed in the mess jacket of a petty officer, and putting a yachting cap jauntily on his head, he went out to seek his friend. From Wordnik.com. [L.P.M. : the end of the Great War] Reference
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