Quaintly

(adv.) in a quaint old-fashioned manner; 'the room was quaintly furnished'.

(adv.) in a strange but not unpleasant manner; 'the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly'.

桃乐茜编辑

• He was so quaintly cheerful that I could not long be otherwise, and was almost ashamed of having been otherwise at all. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• You entered the room with a look and air at once shy and independent: you were quaintly dressed--much as you are now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Then it would almost seem, dear,' said Bella quaintly, 'as if there must be somebody else? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Or perhaps it was her being so upright and trim, though I don't think it was that, because I thought that quaintly pleasant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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