quaintly
- a word derived from quaint.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Sayles notes that the U.S. is often quaintly likened to a melting pot; the reality of the country’s boiling admixture is much more dangerous and much more powerful.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
This wasn’t the usual, quaintly sleepy Christmas routine, but a seething, electrically direct and dramatic enactment of an oratorio that both describes and calls for transformation: “And we shall be changed,” its crucial line promises.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2023
An empty cart parked next to the driveway quaintly advertised “fresh cut flowers,” with an old-fashioned mailbox attached for payments.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023
Whether you live on the Kitsap Peninsula or are just looking for an excuse to take your bike on a ferry, mountain biking awaits just outside the quaintly restored mill town of Port Gamble.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2022
His sugared almond tasted of her name which seemed so quaintly improbable that he wondered if he had remembered it correctly.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
