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quaintly

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quaint  (kwnt)
adj. quaint·er, quaint·est
1. Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way: "Sarah Orne Jewett . . . was dismissed by one critic as merely a New England old maid who wrote quaint, plotless sketches of late 19th-century coastal Maine" (James McManus).
2. Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words. See Synonyms at strange.
3. Cleverly made; artful.

[Middle English, clever, cunning, peculiar, from Old French queinte, cointe, from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognscere, to learn; see cognition.]

quaintly adv.
quaintness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.quaintly - in a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly"
2.quaintly - in a quaint old-fashioned manner; "the room was quaintly furnished"
Translations
quaintly [ˈkweɪntlɪ] ADV
1. (= charmingly) [decorated] → pintorescamente
the building was quaintly old-fashionedel edificio parecía anticuado y pintoresco
2. (= oddly) the quaintly named town of Normalel pueblo denominado con el curioso nombre de Normal
this may seem a quaintly old-fashioned ideapuede que esta idea parezca extraña y anticuada
he described it quaintly asle dio la curiosa calificación de ...
quaintly [ˈkweɪntli] adv [described] → de façon pittoresque
quaintly named ... → au nom pittoresque de ...
quaintly
adv
(= picturesquely)malerisch, idyllisch; decorated, finishedmalerisch, urig
writtenschnurrig; dressedputzig; nicknamedoriginell; old-fashionedschnurrig, kurios, skurril; their little daughter got up and danced so quaintly that …ihr Töchterchen ist aufgestanden und hat so drollig getanzt, dass …
quaintly [ˈkweɪntlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo strano, in modo bizzarro, pittorescamente
quaintly [ˈkweɪntlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo strano, in modo bizzarro, pittorescamente


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The little band of friends Ozma had gathered around her was so quaintly assorted that much care must be exercised to avoid hurting their feelings or making any one of them unhappy.
Still keeping his eyes on the Countess, he makes a quaintly insolent remark on what he has just heard.
These were the quaintly turned phrases describing the effect on the once poor Aladdin of his wonderful riches, and those descanting upon the beauty and charm of the Sultan's daughter, the Princess Badroulboudour:--
 
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