well-affected
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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"I see nothing against it," replied he, with a well-affected indifference.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
Tavannes," said the King, with well-affected impatience, "do not you see that you are teasing the dog?
From Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas père
"If you'll kindly ring that bell, which my gout won't permit me to reach, we'll inquire," said the old man, with a well-affected indifference.
From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Charles James Lever
Wives were banished with their husbands, and unless the estate-owners humbly submitted, paid their fines, and appointed well-affected persons as attorneys, their properties were confiscated.
From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by James Rodway
As debtors and God's well-affected servants, let us make confession to God the Word and to His Mother, of the gift of words, as far as we are able. . .
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman
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