as in unnaturally
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Adverb
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Earlier video models often cheated to satisfy prompts, with objects teleporting or morphing unnaturally.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Lamb suffered the injury on a carry out of the backfield, and his ankle could be seen on the broadcast being unnaturally bent back.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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But a House Fiscal Agency report shows that total artificially reduced by the way billions in federal funding is accounted for, by moving Medicaid money to contingency funds where they are not included in the budget total.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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The mechanism, which allows teams to artificially lower a cap hit by spreading the money out longer than the contract length, will no longer be permitted as of Tuesday.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Days ahead of the election, voters in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District received mailers from a mysterious group falsely claiming that Republican officials are tracking voter participation and keeping a list of Republicans who don't vote in the special election.—
Vivian Jones,
Nashville Tennessean,
7 Oct. 2025
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The two were falsely designated as recruits to the university's crew team even though neither ever participated in the sport.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The Italian dessert zabaglione is a deceptively easy thing.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Sep. 2025
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Lit Faux Red Berry Branch Adding a decorative and seasonal accent to your autumnal decor lineup is less of a sticker shock this year thanks to a nearly half-off faux red berry branch that lights up yet looks deceptively real.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Satu Aaltonen, a Lego enthusiast from Finland, used the plastic toy bricks to artfully fashion a wearable dress featuring a blue and white color palette, sleeves and a small train, along with an ornate headpiece and veil to match.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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But they are not often confronted so artfully.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Affectedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affectedly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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