- quaintly
- adverb de forma rara/singular; de forma pintoresca'kweɪntliadverb (oddly) de forma extraña or rara['kweɪntlɪ]ADV1) (=charmingly) [decorated] pintorescamente
the building was quaintly old-fashioned — el edificio parecía anticuado y pintoresco
2) (=oddly)the quaintly named town of Normal — el pueblo denominado con el curioso nombre de Normal
this may seem a quaintly old-fashioned idea — puede que esta idea parezca extraña y anticuada
he described it quaintly as ... — le dio la curiosa calificación de ...
* * *['kweɪntli]adverb (oddly) de forma extraña or rara
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.