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unaˈffectedness
[f. as prec.]
The quality of being unaffected.
†1. Impassiveness, indifference. Obs.
1670Devout Commun. (1688) 203 Charge not upon me..my unpreparedness, unaffectedness. 1681Kettlewell Chr. Obedience (1715) 528 The coldness and unaffectedness, the unsettledness and distractions, which they find in themselves when they are at prayers. 1694― Comp. Penitent 55, I am grieved..for all my neglects of thy service, and for my insincerity and unaffectedness in performing it.
2. Freedom from affectation; naturalness.
1685H. More Paralip. Prophet. vi. 38 Which Letter, as I said, is written with..unaffectedness and punctualness withal. 1752Narr. Journ. through Eng. (1869) 32 She seemed to have all that delicacy and unaffectedness requisite to persons of the first rank. 1783Blair Lect. xix. I. 398 The simplicity or unaffectedness of his manner, is the crowning ornament. 1861Thackeray Four Georges iv. (1862) 192 Not ill liked by the nation, which pardons youthful irregularities readily enough for the sake of pluck, unaffectedness and good-humour. 1882J. A. Allen Love Story Col. & Mrs. Hutchinson 39 What dignity of bearing! yet withal What simple, winning unaffectedness! |
