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Quaintly

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Adverb

1. quaintly

in a strange but not unpleasant manner

Example Sentences:
'the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly'

2. quaintly

in a quaint old-fashioned manner

Example Sentences:
'the room was quaintly furnished'

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Quaintly

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adjective
1. 
attractively unusual, esp in an old-fashioned style
a quaint village
2. 
odd, peculiar, or inappropriate
a quaint sense of duty

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Quaintly

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adjective
1.  Obsolete
clever or skilled
2.  Rare
wrought with skill; ingenious
3. 
unusual or old-fashioned in a pleasing way
4. 
singular; unusual; curious
5. 
fanciful; whimsical

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Quaintly

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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.

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