Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.jauntyjaun‧ty /ˈdʒɔːnti $ ˈdʒɒːnti, ˈdʒɑːnti/ adjective 
He had a jaunty walk. Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.2jaunty music is fast and makes you feel happy: a jaunty tune—jauntily adverb—jauntiness noun [uncountable]
WORD ORIGINjaunty
Origin:
1700-1800 jentee ‘polite’ (17-18 centuries), from French gentilEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a jaunty pink shirt
- By the time our bowls were scraped clean, our anxieties would be stilled, our spirits jaunty.
- Characters sing jaunty ragtime and barbershop melodies.
- He tried to be jaunty about it and almost succeeded.
- His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.
- She had a startlingly dashing necklace and wore some sort of a uniform cap in a jaunty way.
- The 1960s were the years of jaunty self-confidence among economists, and the reasons for this were not difficult to fathom.
- They love him ... all that golden hair and the jaunty moustache.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1showing that you are confident and happy: Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.· His grey hat, which he swept off with a flourish as the ladies approached, was set at a jaunty angle.
He had a jaunty walk. Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.2jaunty music is fast and makes you feel happy: a jaunty tune—jauntily adverb—jauntiness noun [uncountable]