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adjective • Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken seriously. | ||||
| 23% | 12 | Behave affectedly or in an artificial manner | ||
verb • assume certain affected attitudes | ||||
| 23% | 8 | Affectedly refined or elaborate speech or writing | ||
noun • any artificially elegant style of language • an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology | ||||
Affectedly Clever
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