jaunty

/ˈdʒɔːnti/

bouncy, confident cheerfulness

jaunty in a sentence

“A jaunty headline can carry a dull quarterly report.”

French gentil noble, graceful — the same root as genteel

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understated

deliberately restrained; saying less than you could

measured

careful, unhurried, deliberate

colloquial

belonging to everyday speech rather than formal writing

plainspoken

direct and unadorned

folksy

homespun, neighborly informality

oracular

grand, cryptic, and prophetic in manner