quaintly

English

Etymology

quaint + -ly

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweɪntli/
  • Rhymes: -eɪntli

Adverb

quaintly (comparative more quaintly, superlative most quaintly)

  1. In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely.
    • 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:
      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.
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