Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a quaint manner. Artfully; cunningly; ingeniously; cleverly.
- Prettily; nicely; pleasantly; with neatness or trimness.
- Fancifully; oddly; whimsically: curiously; especially, in an odd, old-fashioned way: as, quaintly dressed; quaintly expressed.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a quaint manner.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a strange but not unpleasant manner
- adv. in a quaint old-fashioned manner
Etymologies
- quaint + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This is a term quaintly used by the learned M. Pierre M.ret to express the devouring of the dead by birds and animals or the surviving friends and relatives.”
A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians
“This is a term quaintly used by the learned M Pierre Muret to express the devouring of the dead by birds and animals or the surviving friends and relatives.”
An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians
“Nick," he said (he pronounced the name quaintly, like Antoinette), "his good habits have turned out to be some advantage to you.”
“Why, he was the best amateur" (he pronounced the word quaintly and I loved him for it) "I ever see, or ever expect to see.”
“He must see what was going on, and he mounted the rough sides of the little heathery knoll called quaintly Ben”
“She was part of a "print pool" - a limited number of journalists at an event who represent their bigger hoard colleagues - which White House press officials still refer to quaintly as "pen and pad" reporting.”
“With what we used to call quaintly "foreign desks" closing all over the planet, and newspapers disinclined to pay even freelancers to cover stories because readers apparently aren't interested in "overseas news", the present situation as regards the paucity of international coverage is bad enough without us entertaining how woeful it might be in the future.”
“He sees me as "quaintly" considering Davis reliable; I "consider" — by implication, mistakenly — the Collier-Horowitz "effort" as solid and encompassing.”
“Please excuse me, sir, "-- quaintly --" for saying _ought_ to you and Miss Ashton, but it was not Lena's fault that she could not go on trying with the rest of us, but only because she was so very brave and unselfish in the fire.”
“Anyone who feels "collectively guilty" as B.O. so "quaintly" put it needs a REALITY CHECK!”
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