adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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quaint country cottages
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Stigler scoffed at the quaint idea of university as a place where a professor and a small group of students can sit in a study and discuss great thoughts.
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the town's quaint charm
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We stayed in a quaint little fishing village in Cornwall.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Attractions include scenic journeys by boat and an eight-mile steam railway as well as quaint shops and restaurants.
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Beside this, Britain's outbreaks of sleaze seem almost quaint .
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It had refused to remain either sleepy or teeming, chaotic or quaint .
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Many of the cottagers in the neighbourhood keep one or more of these quaint pets.
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The Country Club of Mount Dora takes its name from the quaint local town in which it is situated.
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Well, the times are hardly simple, the place certainly not quaint .
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With media turning into little more than a gaggle of special effects, journalistic ethics may seem a bit quaint .