Quainter

Word QUAINTER
Character 8
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Definitions and meanings of "Quainter"

What do we mean by quainter?

Of a person: cunning, crafty.

Cleverly made; artfully contrived.

Strange or odd; unusual.

Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.

Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.

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The word "quainter" in example sentences

Maybe they see it as "poverty-lite", as in the shacks with the tarpaper roofs and much "quainter" than the gruesome public housing structures NOB, and the kids are just so very cute and charming. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We then rode the ferry through the choppy waters of the Bay to the even "quainter" Russell. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A 30-minute drive from the famous shop Ikram in Chicago, the quainter Neapolitan has attracted a stable of loyal suburban customers, whom owner Kelly Golden will bring to New York Fashion Week and open for at any hour. ❋ Nicole Berrie (2011)

Krabi had all the charm of Thailand bundled into a quieter, quainter package, and I had fallen deeply in love. ❋ Maria Russo (2011)

One student I spoke with offered a quainter interpretation than did so many professors. ❋ Ruth R. Wisse (2010)

I looked around and saw that I was passing by one of the quainter and handsomer of the old inns in town. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These occasions are roasts that started out, in a quainter era, as 'stag' dinners. ❋ Michael Henry Adams (2010)

After watching Black Swan or even just watching the previews you might need your vision of ballet ahem adjusted back to something a little quainter. ❋ The Huffington Post (2010)

It's a pattern: A new technology is introduced to the market, becomes the reservoir for all society's anxieties, and then gets domesticated, becomes obsolete and is transformed into the totem of a quainter time. ❋ Claire Gordon (2010)

There was a simpler, quainter time when causing pain to another person was called ... violence. ❋ Unknown (2010)

About 25 miles up Route 28 is Cooperstown, Oneonta's wealthier, quainter neighbor and home to the famous Baseball Hall of Fame. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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