All 3 Uses
affectation
in
The Sunlight Dialogues
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- He had a mincing way of talking, a thin, reedy voice that sounded like an affectation.†
Chpt 4 *affectation = behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- ' Talk about grand affectations!†
Chpt 8affectations = things done in an artificial way to make an impression
- As for his eyes, they were wide and blue as a baby's, and he had eyebrows permanently lifted as if to say affectedly, "How charming!"†
Chpt 17affectedly = in an artificial manner to make an impression
Definitions:
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(1)
(affectation) behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)