affectedly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
Example Sentences
- "1614, Thomas Lodge (translator), The Workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, London: William Stansby, Epistles to Lucilius, Epist. 115, p. 463, The speech is the Image of the minde: if a man mince it, disguise and polish it ouer curiously, it is a signe that he which speaketh it, is an hypocrite, and little worth. It is no manly ornament to speake affectedly."
- "I was resolved to decline all imitations for the future, and stick to the original, uncouth as it might be. Better, thought I, to be naturally clownish, than affectedly ridiculous […]"
- "Her manners shewed good sense and good breeding; they were neither shy, nor affectedly open […]"
- "Schomberg turned up, yawning affectedly, almost before Davidson had regained his seat."
- "[…] letters sadly penn’d in blood, With sleided silk feat and affectedly Enswathed, and seal'd to curious secrecy."
- "1628, John Earle, Micro-cosmographie, or, A Peece of the World Discovered; in Essayes and Characters, London: Edward Blount, 55. “A stayed Man,” One not hasty to pursue the new Fashion, nor yet affectedly true to his old round Breeches."
Etymology
Etymology tree English affected Middle English -ly English -ly English affectedly From affected + -ly.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more affectedly (comparative)
most affectedly (superlative)