quaintly

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English

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Etymology

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From quaint +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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.