Affectedly
[ə'fektidli]
Definition
(adv.) In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
(adv.) Lovingly; with tender care.
Editor: Rena
Examples
- As I passed close to the woman into whose hands I had placed my pound-note, she smiled and curtsied affectedly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- These doctors are lucky fellows, Croker observed, affectedly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There now, said Miss Steele, affectedly simpering, everybody laughs at me so about the Doctor, and I cannot think why. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- The thing is determined, that is (laughing affectedly) as far as I can presume to determine any thing without the concurrence of my lord and master. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Mr. Weston(laughing affectedly) I must protest against that. Jane Austen. Emma.
Editor: Rena