well-affected
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He was, therefore, quite prepared to be Saldagno for the occasion, and it was with a well-affected Lusitanian accent that he promptly answered, "Present," and came a little nearer to the strangers.
From The Duke's Motto A Melodrama by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)
"Is there not one here can remember a prayer, or even a verse of the offices," said Gougon, with a well-affected horror in his voice.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
"I was just on my way to you, my Lord," said Linton, with well-affected eagerness.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James
"You do intend to have a dance!" cried the Canon's wife, with well-affected surprise, considering the circumstances.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.
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 Newman, John Henry Cardinal
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