Unaffected

Examples

• The offered hand--rather large, but beautifully formed--was given to me with the easy, unaffected self-reliance of a highly-bred woman. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was perhaps rather cold; but amiable and truly unaffected. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mrs Milvey, with the most unaffected grace in the world, congratulated them, and was glad to see them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The Miss Dashwoods were young, pretty, and unaffected. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The instant my eyes rested on her, I was struck by the rare beauty of her form, and by the unaffected grace of her attitude. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He found her as handsome as she had been last year; as good natured, and as unaffected, though not quite so chatty. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• I praised the very unaffected character of Lord Robert Manners to Nugent, who sat next to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• With any unaffected individual Shirley could easily and quickly cement an acquaintance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I liked her appearance very much: it was modest, quiet, and unaffected. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Elizabeth looked with unaffected astonishment. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• He was totally unaffected by the abrupt change in pressure, although the deepest he had ever been was ninety feet, and on that occasion he had suffered from bleeding at the nose and ears. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• We once knew two famous coachmen (they are dead now, poor fellows) who were twins, and between whom an unaffected and devoted attachment existed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• All diamonds are infusible and unaffected by acids or alkali. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I fixed my eyes upon His Grace in unaffected astonishment at this irrelevant question. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nor is the one who communicates left unaffected. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A straightforward, open-hearted man like Weston, and a rational, unaffected woman like Miss Taylor, may be safely left to manage their own concerns. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The embryo is thus left almost unaffected, and serves as a record of the past condition of the species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• When we met latterly in the Park, there was something so natural and unaffected, and wild, about your manner, that I began to forget your notoriety. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Good-humoured, unaffected girls will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Affable, unaffected, say- nothin'-to-nobody sorts o' fellers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Pleasant, good-humoured, unaffected girls. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• If there were some way by which the hitherto unaffected silver chloride could be totally removed, it would be possible to take the plate into any light without fear. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• But this proud openness was made lovable by an expression of unaffected good-will. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike; he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It was enough to secure his good opinion; for to be unaffected was all that a pretty girl could want to make her mind as captivating as her person. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. Jane Austen. Emma.
• It was written with a plain, unaffected, homely piety that I knew to be genuine, and ended with 'my duty to my ever darling'--meaning myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• In short a more manly, honourable, unaffected being does not exist; and much I regret the ill-health under which he has always suffered. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

Editor: Philip