jaunty angle
Frequency: 5.01.5 per million words
describes a confident and cheerful manner of positioning something, like a hat
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Examples (10)
- He wore his fedora at a jaunty angle, a smile playing on his lips.
- She adjusted her beret to a more jaunty angle, feeling confident.
- The artist captured the dancer's hat at a perfectly jaunty angle.
- With a jaunty angle to his cap, the boy set off for school.
- Her colourful scarf was tied around her neck at a jaunty angle.
- The small boat's flag flew at a slightly jaunty angle in the breeze.
- He tilted his head at a jaunty angle, indicating amusement.
- The old photograph showed him in a uniform with his hat at a remarkably jaunty angle.
- Despite the rain, he held his umbrella at a jaunty angle as if defying the weather.
- A single feather was tucked into her hair at a distinctly jaunty angle.