curly quote

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English

Noun

curly quote (plural curly quotes)

  1. (typography) A shaped opening or closing quotation mark, as distinguished from a straight quote. In English: “ ”. In some other languages: ” ”, „ ” or „ “.
    Synonym: smart quotes

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