Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air. Synonyms:chipper, debonair, jaunty."Life that is gay, brisk, and debonair" , "Walked with a jaunty step" , "A jaunty optimist"
... touched the sleek flanks with his heels and the splendid animal quivered and bunched hard thigh muscles and spurned the gravel. White face whiter still against the background of his somber vestments, debonaire and drunkenly insecure in the saddle, Garret Devereau tore out into the main road and thundered off into ... — Then I'll Come Back to You • Larry Evans
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