manneredadjective
uk/ˈmæn.əd/us/ˈmæn.ɚd/disapprovingA mannered style of speech or behaviour is artificial, or intended to achieve a particular effect:
His performance as Hamlet was criticized for being very mannered.
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Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- artsy-fartsy
- arty-farty
- cheesy
- fey
- forced
- glib
- histrionic
- histrionics
- meretricious
- pious
- precocious
- pretension
- pretentious
- pseud
- pseudo-
- slick
- theatrical
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