Quaintly

Definition: Quaintly

Quaintly

Adverb

1. In a strange but not unpleasant manner; "the old lady expressed herself somewhat quaintly".

2. In a quaint old-fashioned manner; "the room was quaintly furnished".

Date "quaintly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Crosswords: Quaintly

English words defined with "quaintly": road agent. (references)

"Quaintly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 97.14% of the time. "Quaintly" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	97.14%	34	59,261
Adjective (general or positive)	2.86%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	35	N/A

Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "quaintly": quaintly-named.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "quaintly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		古雅地. (various references)

German		wunderliche (whimsicality), anheimelnd (quaint). (various references)

Greek		παραδοξώσ (paradoxically, queerly, strangely). (various references)

Hungarian		különösen (especially, funnily, in particular, particularly, peculiarly, specially, specifically, uncommonly), furcsán (eccentrically, funnily, oddly, queerly, strangely, weirdly), furcsa módon (funny enough, queerly, strange to say), furán, fura módon. (various references)

Korean		기묘하게. (various references)

Pig Latin		aintlyquay

Russian		причудливо (anticly, whimsically). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Quaintly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: quanity, quanty, quindly, quinty. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "quaintly" (pronounced kwā"ntlē)
5	-ā" n t l ē	faintly, saintly.
4	-n t l ē	abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, bluntly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, gently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, jointly, leniently, magnificently, militantly, negligently, nonchalantly, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently.
3	-t l ē	abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-l-n-q-t-u-y"
	-1 letter: quality, quintal.
	-2 letters: auntly, litany, quaint, quinta, yanqui.
	-3 letters: aunty, inlay, laity, linty, quail, quant, quilt, quint, unity, unlay, unlit, until, yulan.
	-4 letters: alit, anil, anti, aunt, ayin, inly, lain, lati, lint, liny, litu, luna, lunt, luny, nail, quai, quay, quin, quit, tail, tain, tali, tiny, tuna, tyin, ulan, ulna, unai, unit, yuan.
	-5 letters: ail.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-l-n-q-t-u-y"
	+1 letter: piquantly.
	+2 letters: aquilinity, inequality, tranquilly.
	+3 letters: inequitably, tranquility.
	+4 letters: equationally, equivalently, inadequately, questionably, sequentially, tranquillity.
	+5 letters: acquiescently, equidistantly.
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Quaintly

Definition: Quaintly

Quaintly

Adverb

Crosswords: Quaintly

Usage Frequency: Quaintly

Expression: Quaintly

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Quaintly

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Modern Translation: Quaintly

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Misspellings: Quaintly

Misspellings

Rhyming with "Quaintly"

Anagrams: Quaintly

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INDEX

Expression	Frequency per Day
quaintly	2
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