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quaintly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkweɪntli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English quaint Middle English -ly English -ly English quaintly From quaint + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely.
   • The aged man was leaning back in a quaintly embossed oaken chair, on whose carving the arms of his family were gorgeously painted and inlaid. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Age and Youth”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 13:

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