Definition of "quaintly" []

• In a quaint manner; oddly; strangely. (adverb)

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• "This is a term quaintly used by the learned M. Pierre M.ret to express the devouring of the dead by birds and animals or the surviving friends and relatives."
• "This is a term quaintly used by the learned M Pierre Muret to express the devouring of the dead by birds and animals or the surviving friends and relatives."
• ""Nick," he said (he pronounced the name quaintly, like Antoinette), "his good habits have turned out to be some advantage to you."