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Affectedly Playful Crossword Clue

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noun

• a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

• a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)

• a passageway under a curved masonry construction

• (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

adjective satellite

• (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

• naughtily or annoyingly playful

verb

• form an arch or curve

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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