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Definition of Quaintly
1. Adverb. In a strange but not unpleasant manner. "The old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly"
2. Adverb. In a quaint old-fashioned manner. "The room was quaintly furnished"
Definition of Quaintly
1. adv. In a quaint manner.
Definition of Quaintly
1. Adverb. In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quaintly
1. quaint [adv] - See also: quaint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quaintly
Literary usage of Quaintly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1861)
"... mentions Cornelius's Tub, which is so quaintly depicted in the frontispiece to
.... quaintly ..."
2. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"RH Hutton remarked quaintly upon the quantity of ' bottled life' which Huxley
could ' infuse into the driest topic on which human beings ever contrived to ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Anthony à Wood quaintly tells us that "after her decease he left the nation for
religion sake, and settled at Mechlin, in Brabant, which is a wonder to some ..."
4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"A quaintly significant testimony to the popularity of Euripides a afforded by a
strange composition, probably of the 4th century AD, ..."
5. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand (1905)
"... remarks quaintly enough: "Cats coveting the fire more than ordinary, or licking
their feet and trimming the hair of their heads and mustachios, ..."
6. Retrospective Reviews: A Literary Log by Richard Le Gallienne (1896)
"On these and many other suggestive themes Mr. Dobson gossips in his pleasant,
allusive, vivid, and slyly humorous style, in which many a phrase quaintly ..."
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