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adj. 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"

debonair, debonaire

adj. 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"

dapper, dashing, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce

adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"

jaunty, debonair, debonaire

adj. 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"

alert, alive(p), awake(p)

adj. mentally perceptive and responsive;"an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"

animated, alive

adj. having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"

optimistic

adj. expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"

happy

adj. enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage"

impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy

adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

sprightly

adj. full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance"

brash, cheeky, nervy

adj. offensively bold; "a brash newcomer disputed the age-old rules for admission to the club"; "a nervy thing to say"

fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise

adj. improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me"; "impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get wise with me!"

alert, watchful

adj. engaged in or accustomed to close observation; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty"

alive(p)

adj. (followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others"

energetic

adj. possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction"

chipper, debonair, debonaire, jaunty

adj. 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"

sprightly

adj. full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance"

clean-cut, trig, trim

adj. neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap"; "a trim beard"

sleek

adj. well-groomed and neatly tailored; especially too well-groomed; "sleek figures in expensive clothes"

chic, smart, voguish

adj. elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"

cavalier, high-handed

adj. given to haughty disregard of others

laughing(a), riant

adj. showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing children"

beamish, smiling(a), twinkly

adj. smiling with happiness or optimism; "Come to my arms, my beamish boy!"- Lewis Carroll; "a room of smiling faces"; "a round red twinkly Santa Claus"

blithe, blithesome, lighthearted, lightsome, light-hearted

adj. carefree and happy and lighthearted; "was loved for her blithe spirit"; "a merry blithesome nature"; "her lighthearted nature"; "trilling songs with a lightsome heart"

chirpy

adj. (birds or insects) characterized by or tending to chirp

cheering

adj. bringing cheer or gladness; "cheering news"

blase

adj. nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"

blithe

adj. lacking or showing a lack of due concern; "spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation"

casual, insouciant, nonchalant

adj. marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner"

degage, detached, uninvolved

adj. showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander"

indifferent

adj. neither too great nor too little; "a couple of indifferent hills to climb"

latest, a la mode(p), in style(p), in vogue(p), modish

adj. in the current fashion or style

chichi

adj. affectedly trendy and fashionable

faddish, faddy

adj. intensely fashionable for a short time

in

adj. currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder pads are in"

mod, modern, modernistic

adj. relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in modernistic designs";

smart

adj. capable of independent and apparently intelligent action; "smart weapons"

trendsetting, trend-setting

adj. initiating or popularizing a trend

trendy, voguish

adj. in accord with the latest fad; "trendy ideas"; "trendy clothes"; "voguish terminology"

inert, sluggish, soggy, torpid

adj. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

gloomy, dismal, sorry

adj. causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"

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