Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affected; marked by affectation.
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Examples
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Her style is "simple, not affectate nor ornate" (Klein 130), but it is hardly artless or unsophisticated.
My Name Was Martha: A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem 1993
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Burton's odd turns and quirks of expression, his whimsical and affectate fancies, his kindly sarcasm, his far-fetched conceits, his deep-lying pathos, descended by inheritance of genius to
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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