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  • adjective comparative form of quaint: more quaint

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Examples

  • 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.

    Gangs of San Miguel! 2008

  • 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.

    Gangs of San Miguel! 2008

  • 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.

    Gangs of San Miguel! 2008

  • 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.

    Gangs of San Miguel! 2008

  • 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.

    Gangs of San Miguel! 2008

  • 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.

    Gangs of San Miguel! 2008

  • We then rode the ferry through the choppy waters of the Bay to the even "quainter" Russell.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 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.

    The Customer Is Always Right Nicole Berrie 2011

  • One student I spoke with offered a quainter interpretation than did so many professors.

    At Harvard, Groupthink About Islam Ruth R. Wisse 2010

  • Krabi had all the charm of Thailand bundled into a quieter, quainter package, and I had fallen deeply in love.

    Maria Russo: The Seductive Serenity of Krabi, Thailand Maria Russo 2011

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