Quaintly

//ˈkweɪntli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a quaint old-fashioned manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a strange but not unpleasant manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
broadlyhumorouslymonstrouslymysteriouslypeculiarlysingularly

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From quaint + -ly.

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