Unaffectedly
[ʌnә'fektidli]
Examples
- The drone said unaffectedly, You will excuse me; I really cannot attend to the shop! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You will not offend me, you know, said Mr. Farebrother, quite unaffectedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr. Bingley was unaffectedly civil in his answer, and forced his younger sister to be civil also, and say what the occasion required. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She often repeated her prayers; not at particular times, but, like the unaffectedly devout, when she desired to pray. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mr. Bruff looked unaffectedly distressed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He made that bitterly professional apology for his tears, speaking quietly and unaffectedly, as he had spoken throughout. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Bingley is most unaffectedly modest. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Editor: Samantha