unaffectedly

adverb

Definition of unaffectedlynext
as in sincerely
without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration writes unaffectedly simple love poems

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unaffectedly
  1. sincerely
  2. genuinely
  3. openly
Adverb
  • Colquitt sincerely believes that her work can restore the dignity too often denied people in their last days.
    — John Semley, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • But the results and the action on the field were second to the experience for Baldwin, who was sincerely present in the moment during the two days of All-Star Game activities.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of sincerely
Adverb
  • Not payroll, not the ERP, where audit and compliance still make leaving genuinely hard.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • In his view, a candidate who has genuinely embraced AI can work at 10 times the speed of one who hasn’t—and that gap is only going to widen.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of genuinely
Adverb
  • Wednesday’s hierarchy openly predicted bumps in the road and one of them was felt on August 1, a week before the first competitive game of the new season.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Saudi Arabia and Turkey — two nations that have been openly hostile toward one another for much of the last decade — pledged to go to war in each other’s defense.
    — Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
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“Unaffectedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unaffectedly. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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