Both Uses of
quaint
in
Dubliners
- She changed her blouse too and, as she stood before the mirror, she thought of how she used to dress for mass on Sunday morning when she was a young girl; and she looked with quaint affection at the diminutive body which she had so often adorned, In spite of its years she found it a nice tidy little body.†
Chpt 10
- Gabriel, trembling with delight at her sudden kiss and at the quaintness of her phrase, put his hands on her hair and began smoothing it back, scarcely touching it with his fingers.†
Chpt 15 *
Definition:
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(quaint) unusual in an interesting or pleasing way -- especially when old-fashioned