affectedness

Example Sentences

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There was an involuntary affectedness in Mrs Yule's speech which repelled Reardon.

From New Grub Street by Gissing, George

"It wasn't affectedness, it was got-to-do-it-ness," said Cricket, stoutly.

From Cricket at the Seashore by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt

The manner of our heroines was frank, candid, and gay; without frivolity, affectedness, or coquetry; and their costumes neat and ladylike.

From Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter by Munro, Colin