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Another word for quaint

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Adjective

  1. Agreeably curious, especially in an old-fashioned or unusual way

    See also:

    usual

  2. Deviating from the customary

    See also:

    usual

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Another word for quaint

Modifier

  1. Unusual

    See also:

    unusual

  2. Old-fashioned but charming

    See also:

    old-fashioned

    charming

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • His gentle courtesy and quaint speech won my heart.

  • He lived more than seven hundred years ago in a quaint little town of Italy.

  • 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.

  • It is a storehouse of quaint stories and out-of-the-way information on manners and customs.

  • The old Observatory is a quaint structure on Calton Hill, overlooking the district at the head of Leith Walk.

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