Affectedly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
"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."
- 2 Lovingly; with tender care. obsolete
"[…] letters sadly penn’d in blood, With sleided silk feat and affectedly Enswathed, and seal'd to curious secrecy."
- 3 With intention, intentionally, deliberately. obsolete
"[…] the Excelsi or high places mentioned in the sacred Story, wherein the Heathen performed idolatrous rites unto their Idols, were commonly groves, affectedly sited upon some mountainous place, without any House or Temple."
- 1 in an affected manner wordnet
Example
More 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."
Etymology
From affected + -ly.
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