in an affected manner

in an affected manner

affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

Clever; adroit, Affectedly nice; foppish; -- used in an ill sense, pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing, adverb_ to a moderately sufficient extent or degree, In some degree; moderately; considerably; rather; almost; -- less emphatic than very, In a pretty manner; prettily or pleasingly, verb_ To make pretty; to beautify, noun_ One that is pretty, Delicate clothing, especially lingerie

The body opening through which an animal takes in food, A tendency to talk excessively or unwisely, The oral opening or ingestive aperture of an animal, of whatever character and wherever situated; the os, or oral end of the alimentary canal or digestive system, intransitive verb_ To declare in a pompous manner; declaim, To utter without conviction or understanding, To orate affectedly; declaim