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affectedly

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

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adv

Meaning 2

Lovingly; with tender care.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • 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.

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adv

Meaning 3

With intention, intentionally, deliberately.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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adverb

Meaning 4

in an affected manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English affected Middle English -ly English -ly English affectedly From affected + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: blasiert — in an affected manner
  • German: affektiert — in an affected manner
  • German: gekünstelt — in an affected manner
  • German: prätentiös — in an affected manner
  • Polish: afektowanie — in an affected manner
  • Portuguese: afetadamente — in an affected manner