Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUAINT'LY
QUAINT'LY, adv.
- Nicely; exactly; with petty neatness or spruceness; as, hair more quaintly curled. – B. Jonson.
- Artfully. Breathe his faults so quaintly. – Shak.
- Ingeniously; with dexterity. I quaintly stole a kiss. – Gay.
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