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Thesaurus: quaint

Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.

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  1. a. Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily.
  2. a. Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
  3. a. Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression.
  4. adj. strange in an interesting or pleasing way
  5. adj. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
  6. adj. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
  7. j:100 s. strange in an interesting or pleasing way s. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance