quaintly

Related to quaintly: impatiently, perfunctorily, consecutively

quaint

(kwānt)

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. Archaic Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange: quaint dialect words.

3. Archaic Cleverly made or done.

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

quaint′ly adv.

quaint′ness n.

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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

بِجاذِبِيَّه لِغَرابَتِه

malebně

løjerligt

wunderlich

sérkennilega

kuriøst

tuhaf şekilde

古怪地古雅别致

quaintly

[ˈkweɪntlɪ] ADV

1. (= charmingly) [decorated] → pintorescamente
the building was quaintly old-fashioned → el edificio parecía anticuado y pintoresco

2. (= oddly) the quaintly named town of Normal → el pueblo denominado con el curioso nombre de Normal
this may seem a quaintly old-fashioned idea → puede que esta idea parezca extraña y anticuada
he described it quaintly as → le dio la curiosa calificación de ...

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

quaintly

[ˈkweɪntli] adv [described] → de façon pittoresque
quaintly named ... → au nom pittoresque de ...

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

quaintly

adv

(= picturesquely) → malerisch, idyllisch; decorated, finished → malerisch, urig

written → schnurrig; dressed → putzig; nicknamed → originell; old-fashioned → schnurrig, kurios, skurril; their little daughter got up and danced so quaintly that … → ihr Töchterchen ist aufgestanden und hat so drollig getanzt, dass …

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

quaintly

[ˈkweɪntlɪ] adv (see adj) → in modo strano, in modo bizzarro, pittorescamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

quaint

(kweint) adjective

pleasantly odd or strange, especially because of being old-fashioned. quaint customs.

ˈquaintly adverb

ˈquaintness noun

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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.

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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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Still keeping his eyes on the Countess, he makes a quaintly insolent remark on what he has just heard.

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"I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way." In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men.

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Bransby, head of the school, whom Poe so quaintly portrayed in "William Wilson." Returning to Richmond in 1820 Edgar was sent to the school of Professor Joseph H.

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But Aunt Em was "all of a flutter," as she said, and it took Dorothy and Jellia Jamb, the housekeeper, and two maids a long time to dress her and do up her hair and get her "rigged like a popinjay," as she quaintly expressed it.

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Her foulard gown was as simple as genius could make it, and she wore no ornaments, save a fine clasp to her waistband of dull gold, quaintly fashioned, and the fine gold chain around her neck, from which hung her racing-glasses.

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Ascending the second flight of stairs and crossing a short corridor, we discovered the lamp, through the open door of a quaintly shaped circular room, burning on the mantel-piece.

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Behind the quaintly dressed players gleams the great crucifix with its strange, sad figure and outstretched arms which, under the flickering light of the high altar candles, seems to stir to life.

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We concluded our banquet by tossing off the contents of two more young cocoanuts, after which we regaled ourselves with the soothing fumes of tobacco, inhaled from a quaintly carved pipe which passed round the circle.

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I murmured something affirmative in a doubtful tone and she remarked quaintly, with a certain curtness, "It's so unnecessary, this worry!

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"No, thank you, sir," she said, with a quaintly pretty inclination of her head.

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