quaintly

• Adverbe signifiant « d'une manière agréablement inhabituelle ou vieillotte ». Décrit une action accomplie avec un charme évoquant le passé, souvent avec une touche de légère excentricité ou de simplicité pittoresque.

An adverb meaning "in an attractively unusual or old-fashioned manner." It describes something done with a charm that is reminiscent of an earlier time, often with a sense of mild eccentricity or picturesque simplicity.

1. In an attractively unusual or old-fashioned wayB2formal

   In a manner that is charmingly old-fashioned or unusual.

   d'une manière pittoresque et désuète

   • The cottage was quaintly decorated with antique furniture.
   • She spoke quaintly, using words from the last century.
   • The village is quaintly nestled in the hills.

   Synonymescharminglypicturesquelywhimsically

   Antonymesfashionably