affectedlyadv.
/əˈfɛktᵻdli/, U.S. /əˈfɛktədli/ In an affected manner; with affectation or affection.† 1. With true intent; intentionally, sincerely, earnestly. Obsolete.† 3. With favourable affection; affectionately, lovingly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > sincere emotion > [adverb]
in all one's hearteOE
of heartOE
with (also mid) all one's heartOE
with one's heartOE
heartlyc1225
innerlyc1330
dearlya1350
heartilya1375
with a whole hearta1375
faithfullyc1405
affectiouslya1420
affectuously?a1425
affectuallyc1425
mainlyc1450
from (also fro) one's heart1477
cordiallyc1515
precordially1534
earnestfulc1540
hearty1570
affectedly1582
roundly1603
devoutly1604
the mind > will > intention > [adverb]
willesOE
with one's willc1175
willes and waldesc1225
adviselya1325
wittinglya1340
wilfullyc1374
witting1377
a-purposea1382
of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382
wilfulc1381
willingly1402
of intention1430
knowingly1435
advisedlyc1449
deliberately1471
purpensely1472
purposely1495
prepensedly1496
purpensedly1496
purposedlya1540
proposely?1550
studiously1567
on (also upon) purpose1569
on set purpose1569
of industry1575
affectedly1582
premeditatelya1595
deliberatively1598
consultively1599
intentionallya1673
affectionally1603
by (also out of, on, upon) design1603
intentionately1609
industriouslya1616
perpensedly1624
intendedlya1641
unspontaneously1640
industrously1643
consultedly1645
consideringly1647
designedly1652
premeditatedly1653
wittily1653
intendingly1678
premeditatinglya1679
self-consciously1685
propensely1694
thinkingly1705
accidentally on purpose1711
affectionatelya1716
prepensely?1725
systematically1744
advertently1745
systemically1761
reflectively1775
purposefullya1854
meaningly1867
aimfully1870
purposively1878
designingly1879
proposedly1887
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > heartily or zealously
with (also mid) all one's heartOE
greedilyc1200
affectuously?a1425
jealouslya1425
affectuallyc1425
wilfullyc1430
heartilya1450
zealously?1495
desirously1502
affectedly1582
affectionally1603
affectionatelya1716
boots and all1947
Messianically1976
1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. iii. sig. I.iiiiv This iudgement pleased Queene Aurelia and the whole company, who were glad..of the Triumphe of Beautie, whom they all affectedly honoured.
?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 35 Simple, well-meaning, standing still affectedlie on telling truth.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. lv. sig. K4 One not hastie to pursue the new Fashion, nor yet affectedly true to his old round Breeches.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. x. 314 I have affectedly made use of this measure..because, I think, it would be of general convenience.
1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. Ded. 26 [He] goes affectedly out of his way to do it.
2.
a. With affectation or studied art; artificially, fancifully.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb]
affectately1540
affectedly1593
fallalishly1753
tweely1962
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adverb] > affectedly
forcedly1548
affectly1579
affectedly1593
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares sig. 65v Euery one..that in the Pulpit talkes affectedly, coldly, crabbedly or absurdly.
1606 F. Holyoake Dictionarium Etymologicum ii, in Riders Dict. (new ed.) Affectatè,..affectedly, with overmuch curiositie.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 359 Some..have beene so affectedly vaine as to counterfeit Immortality. View more context for this quotation
1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling i. i. §14 Their gesture, their language, nay sometimes their habit too being affectedly masculine.
1786 J. Bonnycastle Introd. Astron. 194 His philosophical notions are..affectedly mysterious and obscure.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vi. 502 If ‘Gospel light’, as Gray has rather affectedly expressed it, had not ‘flashed from Boleyn's eyes’.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. App. 683 The person affectedly described as ‘Lupus’ is really Archbishop Wulfstan.
1958 Times 20 June 12/7 The young man in leather shorts returned, swaggering affectedly as he came through the doorway.
1998 S. Faulks Charlotte Gray ii. ii. 159 ‘Alice’ had what Charlotte recognised to be a smart—perhaps affectedly so—English accent.
b. With studied simulation; pretendingly, hypocritically.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > hypocrisy > [adverb]
hypocritely1541
hypocritically1548
dissemblingly1551
Pharisaically1599
affectedly1637
cantingly1695
Tartuffishly1824
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [adverb] > in appearance
colourably1433
in show1556
for show1563
affectedly1637
speciously1647
ostensibly1762
ostensively1763
lamb-fashion1810
pretencedly1885
1637 J. Pocklington Altare Christianum xxv. 155 He liketh well the reverence done to the Name of Iesvs, so it be done humbly, and not affectedly.
1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxx. §674 Do nothing affectedly, dissemblingly, appearingly, for fashions sake.
1756 C. Lucas Appeal to Commons & Citizens London 50 That he is wilfully, or affectedly, if not really, ignorant of the latter, and acts quite up to the former.
1795 T. Hurlstone Crotchet Lodge 41 Miss Crotchet. O, dear Doctor (turning from him affectedly).
1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV II. 336 Terrified at a tumult, that he had at first affectedly despised.
1861 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (new ed.) 35 An affectedly sympathising voice, like an undertaker's at a funeral.
1915 Times 16 Jan. 9/3 War reveals the realities of human life to many who wilfully or affectedly ignored them.
2006 Guardian (Nexis) 7 July (Film & Music) 2 Even the affectedly modest Chris Martin explained the aching delay that befell Coldplay's last album with reference to his quest to make something ‘bonkersly brilliant’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > affection > [adverb]
sweetly?c1225
dearworthlyc1230
kindlya1325
dearc1330
dearworthilya1400
chislyc1400
affectiouslya1420
deliciouslyc1425
affectuouslyc1430
affectually1447
cherishlyc1475
fondly1561
affectionately1604
affectedly1609
affly1779
attachedly1794
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets 48 Affectedly Enswath'd and seal'd to curious secrecy.
1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iv. sig. I3v Me thinks she's very affectedly enclin'd, To young Sebastian's company o' late.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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