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unaˈffecting, ppl. a.
[un-1 10.]
†1. Free from affectation. Obs.
1602Ld. Cromwell iii. iii. 13 A most learned, yet vnaffecting spirit. 1713Steele Spect. No. 423 ⁋2 He carries on an unaffecting Exactness in his Dress and Manner. 1814Wordsw. Excurs. vi. 578 Though a vulgar face..And unaffecting manners might at once Be recognised by all.
2. Not affecting or touching; having no effect upon the feelings.
1647N. Ward Simple Cobler 87 Affected termes are unaffecting things to solid hearers. 1719Waterland Vind. Christ's Div. 277 Abstract Reasons of Esteem, Honour, and Regard are unaffecting, without a mixture of something relative to Us. 1763J. Brown Poetry & Music xiii. 233 The Ode must be written in the Style of Passion; not with the Parade of unaffecting Imagery, or tedious Allegory. 1812Crabbe Tales viii. 354 In her tall mirror then she shows a face, Still coldly fair with unaffecting grace. 1823J. Wilson Trials Marg. Lyndsay i. 3 The narrative of whose fortunes may perhaps not be unaffecting to those who [etc.]. |
