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affectedly

American

[uh-fekt-id-lee] / əˈfɛkt ɪd li /

adverb

in a way characterized by affectation; artificially or with a false manner of speaking or moving adopted for effect.

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

They’re cartoons, but then, so is Amy, whose narration Ms. Pike delivers in an affectedly hushed, conspiratorial voice that’s so arch that you can picture Amy’s lips curling at the edges.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2014

I had handwritten it, not affectedly, but just because that was how I had always written essays.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2012

She does not answer, beyond putting her head affectedly on one side, and rubbing her shoulder against her ear.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda

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