ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]信心十足的;精力充沛的 If you describe someone or something as jaunty, you mean that they are full of confidence and energy. 信心十足的;精力充沛的
...a jaunty little man.
得意洋洋的小个子男人
Tremain's novel is altogether jauntier, more various and energetic than these quotations imply.