as in unnaturally
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Adverb
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His baritone vocals are well presented, falling neatly into the frequency range the speaker likes to emphasize, though they are unnaturally boosted in some of his lowest notes.—
Mark Knapp,
PC Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026 -
Some of the earliest sculptures ever depict naked women with unnaturally exaggerated breasts, hips and pubic triangles, but scholars still disagree about how to interpret them.—
Anna Swartwood House,
The Conversation,
2 Mar. 2026
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What can be said about the Kalimotxo that hasn’t been pretentiously asserted by an undergraduate who just learned about it?—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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This term means to praise someone excessively and insincerely.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Trump hypocritically voted by mail himself in a recent Florida special election.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Research that has artificially introduced hives into natural areas like the high Sierra – places beekeepers don’t typically go – has generated competition that left less pollen and nectar for the native bees.—
Andony Melathopoulos,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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Look beyond where others are flocking to Look beyond the same dozen or so companies everyone talks about on campus — and that become artificially competitive as a result.—
Gorick Ng,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2026
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Even a serial murderer can falsely accuse an innocent person of his crime and suffer no consequences, which breeds disrespect for the legal system.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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Pakistan’s polio eradication program has been running anti-polio campaigns for years, though health workers and the police assigned to protect them are often targeted by militants who falsely claim the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Rife with cartoonish action and bright colors and perhaps, most importantly, a shirtless Noah Centineo, the first look at Kitao Sakurai’s Street Fighter film is almost deceptively promising.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Hers is a dark, dark mind that weaves deceptively simple tales into terrifying psychological page turners like The Housemaid.—
E.L. James,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
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It had been artfully arranged, staged in a marble vase.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Apr. 2026
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Customers can also get a closer look at the espresso bar as baristas artfully whip up everything from a caramel macchiato to a cocoa cappuccino, with unobstructed views and new lighting above the pickup area.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Affectedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/affectedly. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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