perhaps you saw “ethnography” and assumed it would just be quaint reports from the Amazon and the South Seas.
The trouble, Goodall reflects a little sadly, is that the rise of aggressive materialism has made such a categorical position look quaint, if not outright lampoonable.
Its harbor is impossibly quaint and its views breathtakingly beautiful; its center is indifferently maintained and virtually paralyzed by traffic at 8 o 'clock every morning, when the workday begins.
Vistas of the lake reveal a serene scene surrounded by palatial villas, tree-clad mountains, and quaint villages.
Gathering evidence, and Iran's refusal to heed a string of UN Security Council resolutions and stop its suspect activities, make the question seem quaint.
Everywhere people bemoan the replacement of the local and the quaint by outposts of big, homogeneous chains.
The road is, at first, filled with quaint boutique shops and young couples and friends, but as it advances uphill they give way to small cottage homes and kids playing ball in the street.
He wanders around, seeing the sights, occasionally stopping at a quaint pub to soak up the local culture, chat with the locals, and have a pint of stout.
In 1931, 150 years after its modest beginnings in a London tavern, the quaint old drinking tune became officially the national anthem of the United States.
If sending a letter seems quaint today, the notion of a postal service profitable enough that its workers would risk a strike seems quainter still.
Arthur Cozzens, the geography professor, had a white goatee and a quaint professional manner.
Others nestle in mountain valleys, or quaint towns guarded by the castles of hereditary rulers.
