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Affectedly

Affectedly \Af*fect"ed*ly\, adv.

  1. In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

  2. Lovingly; with tender care. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

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affectedly

adv. 1 In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality. 2 (context obsolete English) lovingly; with tender care

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affectedly

adv. in an affected manner

Usage examples of "affectedly".

Tilting his head back affectedly, Simkin peered at Gwen down his long nose.

Lady Cuiva declared, in a firm alto voice neither affectedly adult nor obviously childish, that the Mark 5 B was duly commissioned.

Wiggins drank a bottle of Piper-Heidsieck in honor of Edward, whose amiable ways he admired and, I thought, rather affectedly imitated.

Where equality of rank is affectedly acknowledged by the rich, and clamourously claimed by the poor, distinction and preeminence are allowed to the clergy only.

But when Norm had finished his explanation they knew all about it, and offered their congratulations in the shy and affectedly casual manner in which people felicitate acquaintances.

At another time, when she said, perhaps affectedly, 'I don't like to fly.

Socrates, though he affectedly disclaims all hopes of favor or fame, composes an elaborate panegyric on the emperor, and cautiously suppresses the merits of his sister, (l.