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adjective.
1. put on for effect; not natural; pretended; artificial.
△Ex. an affected welcome, an affected tone of voice.
(SYN) unnatural, pretentious.
2. behaving, speaking, or writing unnaturally for effect.
△Ex. He is too picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd (Shakespeare).
adv. affectedly.
noun affectedness.