quaintly

副词

UK/ˈkweɪnt.li/
US/ˈkweɪnt.li/

定义 quaintly 副词

  1. in an attractive way due to being unusual or old-fashioned

    • They exercise in a quaintly decorated, though slightly run-down, gym in Los Angeles.

    • The tables of the coffee shop extend quaintly out onto the street.

    • The cabin sat quaintly nestled within the woods.

  2. in a way that is old-fashioned and considered peculiar or strange

    • He provided an explanation of what is sometimes referred to, in an old-fashioned way, as economic freedom.

    • The idea of loyalty to one's employer is both outdated and amusingly absurd.

    • The decor of the hotel is quaintly unsettling.