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unaffectedly

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un·af·fect·ed

1   [uhn-uh-fek-tid]
adjective
1.
free from affectation; sincere; genuine: The man showed unaffected grief at the death of his former opponent.
2.
unpretentious, as a personality or literary style.
Origin:
1580–90; un-1 + affected2

Related forms
un·af·fect·ed·ly, adverb
un·af·fect·ed·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. plain, natural, simple, honest, real, unfeigned, artless; naive, guileless.

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unaffected1 (ˌʌnəˈfɛktɪd)
 
—adj
unpretentious, natural, or sincere
 
unaf'fectedly1
 
—adv
 
unaf'fectedness1
 
—n

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unaffected
c.1586, "not influenced, untouched in mind or feeling," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of affect. Meaning "not adopted or assumed, genuine" is recorded from 1592; that of "not acted upon or altered (by something)" is first attested 1830.
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