quaintly

adv

quaintly

adv

/ˈkweɪntli/

Etymology From quaint + -ly.

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.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:

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