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单词 quaintly
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Definition of quaintly in English:

quaintly

adverb ˈkweɪntliˈkweɪntli
  • In an attractively unusual or old-fashioned manner.

    quaintly named cottages
    the menu still refers, quaintly, to feathered and furred game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of these oddities was the quaintly titled Piccadilly House.
    • The Government is spending $11 .7 million walling itself in in the national Parliament in a project the bureaucracy quaintly calls "security enhancement".
    • We arrived at our hotel, quaintly named 'The Cleopatra'.
    • He quaintly refers to the Wachowskis as 'the boys'.
    • White rooftops cluster quaintly against the lower slopes.
    • The quaintly named Mariner's Haven is a new development from the house builders Local Homes.
    • Posters now appear quaintly old-fashioned, something to be collected rather than made.
    • 'Occasional Supper Clubs', as they have been quaintly dubbed, are clandestine gatherings of food-fanciers.
    • We discover that artists' studios range from ultramodern to quaintly rural.
    • Quaintly, it can be lucky to give money away, too!
    • Of course, some of it comes across as quaintly out of date.
 
 

Definition of quaintly in US English:

quaintly

adverbˈkwāntlēˈkweɪntli
  • In an attractively unusual or old-fashioned manner.

    quaintly named cottages
    the menu still refers, quaintly, to feathered and furred game
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Quaintly, it can be lucky to give money away, too!
    • We discover that artists' studios range from ultramodern to quaintly rural.
    • He quaintly refers to the Wachowskis as 'the boys'.
    • Posters now appear quaintly old-fashioned, something to be collected rather than made.
    • One of these oddities was the quaintly titled Piccadilly House.
    • White rooftops cluster quaintly against the lower slopes.
    • Of course, some of it comes across as quaintly out of date.
    • We arrived at our hotel, quaintly named 'The Cleopatra'.
    • 'Occasional Supper Clubs', as they have been quaintly dubbed, are clandestine gatherings of food-fanciers.
    • The Government is spending $11 .7 million walling itself in in the national Parliament in a project the bureaucracy quaintly calls "security enhancement".
    • The quaintly named Mariner's Haven is a new development from the house builders Local Homes.
 
 
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