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Another word for quaint

quaint Synonyms

quaint

modif.

Unusual
odd, strange, singular, eccentric; see unusual 2.
Old-fashioned but charming
picturesque, archaic, fanciful, curious, cute, pleasing, captivating, ancient, antiquated, whimsical, affected, baroque, Victorian, Gothic, Early American, Colonial; see also charming, old-fashioned.
Antonyms modern*, up-to-date, fashionable. See syn. study at strange.strange.

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Another word for quaint

adjective

Agreeably curious, especially in an old-fashioned or unusual way:
funny, odd. See usual
Deviating from the customary:
bizarre, cranky, curious, eccentric, erratic, freakish, idiosyncratic, odd, outlandish, peculiar, queer, quirky, singular, strange, unnatural, unusual, weird. (Slang) kooky, screwball. (British Slang) rum, rummy². See usual

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His gentle courtesy and quaint speech won my heart.
He lived more than seven hundred years ago in a quaint little town of Italy.
It is a storehouse of quaint stories and out-of-the-way information on manners and customs.
The quaint streets of Pacific Grove were quiet during the weekday, with a small group of women lingering in the midmorning sun at the café on the corner.
This book is worthy of note on account of the quaint and sarcastic humour of its numerous acrostic verses.

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