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What is the adjective for quainter?

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quaint
  1. (obsolete) Of a person: cunning, crafty. [13th-19th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Cleverly made; artfully contrived. [14th-19th c.]
  3. (now dialectal) Strange or odd; unusual. [from 14th c.]
  4. (obsolete) Overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim. [15th-19th c.]
  5. Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm. [from 18th c.]
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  7. Examples:
    1. “As his quaint behavior entered its seventh month, clansmen and relations could no longer contain their repugnance.”
      “In several years, we will look back on the notion of a proprietary operating system as a quaint relic of an earlier era.”
      “The French names on the streets and the quaint old houses invite exploration into the history.”
quaintish
  1. Somewhat quaint.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A curved line of liquor stores, supermarkets and quaintish gift shops was all one could see from the vantage point of the ceaseless procession of cars.”
quainter
  1. comparative form of quaint: more quaint
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The movies of the nineteen-thirties taught him about penthouse life and the quainter locutions of the gentry.”
      “But it's also that Hollande provides a quainter and, for many, more comfortable vision of what a French politician should be.”
      “It is doubtful if Betelgeuse had ever looked down upon a quainter.”
quaintest
  1. superlative form of quaint: most quaint
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The quaintest number, Chela, in which a farmer regales his uncomprehending oxen with his sorrows, involved a kind of yodeling.”
      “These usually have little blue beads for eyes, and are of the quaintest and naivest appearance conceivable.”
      “We are consorting with sixty of the Sahib-log in the quaintest hotel that ever you saw.”
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