quaintness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“If we’re saying we will lose our quaintness because we have an address, I think that’s a false narrative,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2024
Across America, coastal towns convey a unique combination of quaintness and working harbor grit.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 6, 2023
Celebration promised a throwback quaintness, the way towns allegedly were.
From Salon • May 2, 2023
And if you lived through the events being depicted, the 30-something Neyfakh’s presentation of them can have a slightly irritating flavor of nostalgia and condescension, emphasizing the quaintness of the not-that-distant past.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2021
After all, the Latin terms survive more or less in free variation with the Greek, and Puttenham’s English equivalents are abundantly charming—albeit that charm is conditioned by a certain quaintness.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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