quaintness

How To Use quaintness In A Sentence

• The historical quaintness described at each river-side town the men pass glorifies the grandeur of a long lost Britain.
• That custom lacks the quaintness of lobola and in my world, it would be called kidnapping.
• There's a classicism to it, a dressiness, a certain kind of quaintness, despite the contemporary edge. Times, Sunday Times
• There's a quaintness in these tableaux that's at first charming but eventually slides into overkill through sheer grating repetition.
• The shops had still a pleasant quaintness.
• some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness
• she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing
• Above all, from the artistic point of view they have grandeur , majesty , ruggedness, and quaintness.
• Mr. James Jennings has favoured us with a copy of his _Ornithologia; or the Birds_, a poem; with copious _Notes; _ &c. The latter portion is to us the most interesting, especially as it contains an immense body of valuable research into the history and economy of birds, in a pleasant, piquant, anecdotical style, without any of the quaintness or crabbedness of scientific technicality. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 360, March 14, 1829
• The quaintness and antiqueness of the homely kitchen chimed in with his present feeling; he wanted no display or grandeur. Brought Home