Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: quaintly
IPA transcription: [kw'eɪntli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: quaintly
    Meaning: in a quaint old-fashioned manner; "the room was quaintly furnished"
  • Synonyms: quaintly
    Meaning: in a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly"
Usage examples
  • "Oh! Armand!" she said quaintly, "I sometimes wish you had not so many lofty virtues. . . .
  • "From paradise, I think," said Otto, with that patient seriousness that he had caught from the monks, and that sat so quaintly upon him.