quaintly
quaintly — 副詞
1. having an appealingly old-fashioned or unusual quality that suggests a simpler o
古雅地
以古樸別緻、有舊時代韻味的方式
having an appealingly old-fashioned or unusual quality that suggests a simpler or earlier time
Gabriel's cottage was quaintly furnished with floral curtains and a wood-burning stove.
Gabriel 的小屋佈置古雅，有印花窗簾和柴火爐。
quaintly + past participle (furnished)
Leo read aloud a quaintly worded invitation that sounded like it came from a Victorian novel.
Leo 大聲讀出一張措辭古雅的邀請函，聽起來像來自維多利亞時代的小說。
The café owner wrote the daily specials quaintly by hand on a large chalkboard near the door.
咖啡廳老闆每天用手寫字體在黑板上寫滿古雅的每日特餐。
The library's reading room felt quaintly old-fashioned, with oak shelves and green glass reading lamps.
圖書館的閱覽室因橡木書架和綠色玻璃閱讀燈而感覺古雅懷舊。
- charmingly
broader — does not imply old-fashionedness; can describe any pleasant quality
- picturesquely
restricted to visual settings and landscapes, not behaviour or objects
- modishly
describes something fashionably modern, the opposite of old-fashioned charm
文法句型
quaintly + adjective (e.g. quaintly old-fashioned)
quaintly + past participle (e.g. quaintly decorated)
quaintly + verb (e.g. wrote quaintly)
用法筆記
Frequently modifies past participles (quaintly furnished, quaintly decorated) and adjectives describing style (quaintly old-fashioned, quaintly polite). The subject is usually a place, object, or custom — not a person's deliberate action.
常見錯誤
2. seeming oddly old-fashioned or out of step by present-day standards, often in a
古怪地
以陳舊古怪、不合時宜的方式
seeming oddly old-fashioned or out of step by present-day standards, often in a mildly surprising way
The manager's quaintly rigid view of dress codes surprised the younger staff members.
經理對服裝規定的古板看法讓年輕員工感到驚訝。
quaintly + adjective (rigid)
Valentina laughed at the quaintly romantic note her grandmother had written in the 1950s.
Valentina 看到祖母在1950年代寫的那張陳舊浪漫的紙條，笑了出來。
Feng's laptop, still running software from 2010, looked quaintly outdated beside his colleagues' new machines.
Feng 的筆電仍跑著2010年的作業系統，在同事的新機器旁邊顯得陳舊過時。
The manual's quaintly formal instructions told employees to address customers as "sir" or "madam" at all times.
員工手冊裡那些陳舊刻板的指示要求員工隨時稱呼顧客「先生」或「女士」。
- fashionably
describes something that fits current trends
文法句型
quaintly + adjective (e.g. quaintly formal)
quaintly + past participle (e.g. quaintly outdated)
用法筆記
Carries a mildly critical or amused tone, unlike Sense 1 which is purely appreciative. Commonly modifies adjectives such as formal, rigid, romantic, naive, or outdated. Subject is often a rule, belief, object, or behaviour that belongs to an earlier era.