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Affectedly Devious Crossword Clue

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adjective satellite

• affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way

• showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement

• modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures

23%12 Behave affectedly or in an artificial manner
verb

• assume certain affected attitudes

23%8Affectedly 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

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New York Times26 Apr 1979 Down 46
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