affectedly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Mulligan is so good here that she lays bare some of her co-star’s more studied artifice, including a few overly imitative Bernstein-isms and some affectedly nasal vocal delivery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
"Here, Comer speaks in an affectedly sanded-down version of her own Scouse accent, like Tessa has deliberately smoothed out her vowels in the name of blending in with her posher peers."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2022
One young woman seemed “appreciative in an affectedly sincere manner — the genuine sincerity of a person who doesn’t trust her natural behavior to appear sincere.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2013
I had handwritten it, not affectedly, but just because that was how I had always written essays.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2012
How affectedly the fellow talks——How long, pray, have you served your present master?
From The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts by George Farquhar
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