affectedly

== English == === Etymology === From affected +‎ -ly. === Pronunciation === === Adverb === affectedly (comparative more affectedly, superlative most affectedly) 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,[1] 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. (obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care. 1628, John Earle, Micro-cosmographie, or, A Peece of the World Discovered; in Essayes and Characters, London: Edward Blount, 55. “A stayed Man,”[4] One not hasty to pursue the new Fashion, nor yet affectedly true to his old round Breeches. (obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately. ==== Related terms ==== affect affectation ==== Translations ====