jaunty

Adjective

• having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
  • looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit- Frances G. Patton
    
  • life that is gay, brisk, and debonair- H.M.Reynolds
    
  • walked with a jaunty step
    
  • a jaunty optimist
    

• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  • a dapper young man
    
  • a jaunty red hat
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  chipper , debonair , debonaire , dapper , dashing , natty , raffish , rakish , spiffy , snappy , spruce