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
"Something of the spirit of his ancestors," said Mrs. Potts, affectedly smiling to Cheston, and patting the urchin on the head.
From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza
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