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unaˈffected, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. G. unaffectirt.]
I.
1. Not adopted or assumed: a. Of qualities, feelings, etc.: Not simulated or pretended; real, genuine, sincere.
1592Daniel Compl. Rosamund lxxviii. A happy Country mayde, Whose vnaffected innocencie thinks No guilefull fraude. 1622Peacham Compl. Gent. x. (1634) 90 Hee..cannot with Virgill containe himselfe within that sweet, humble, and unaffected moderation. a1656Bp. Hall Serm. on Eccl. iii. 4 Wks. 1808 V. 571 Not in a hypocritical way of ostentation,..but in a wise, sober, seemly, unaffected deportment. 1710Steele Tatler No. 198 ⁋2 There appeared in the Face of Cælia a Chearfulness, the constant Companion of unaffected Virtue. 1796F. Burney Camilla III. 184 Sir Sedley received them with the most unaffected pleasure. 1825Scott Talism. xvii, A hurried glance of undisguised and unaffected terror. 1884Manch. Exam. 22 May 5/2 A war which the great majority of the nation regard with unaffected dislike.
b. Of style or discourse: Free from affected words or phrases; simple, natural.
1598Hakluyt Voy. Pref. ⁋8 The harsh and vnaffected stile of his substantiall verses and the olde dialect of his wordes. 1619T. More in A. Newman Pleas. Vis. A iij b, Like to thy modest selfe, thy happy veine Is vnaffected. 1659Rushw. Hist. Coll. I. Pref., I have esteemed the most unaffected and familiar Stile the best. 1711Steele Spect. No. 2 ⁋3 Sir Andrew having a natural unaffected Eloquence. a1721Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1723) I. 180 Here sweet Eloquence does always smile, In such a choice, yet unaffected Style, As must both Knowledge and Delight impart. 1818Scott Let. in Lockhart (1837) IV. iv. 137 The letters you have published are, I think, his very best—lively, entertaining, and unaffected.
c. Of conduct, bearing, etc.: Free from affectation or artificiality.
1712Steele Spect. No. 284 ⁋1 An unaffected Behaviour is without question a very great Charm. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest v, His Manners were unaffected and graceful rather than dignified. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair li, She said the wickedest things with the most simple unaffected air. 1876M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. I. 67 Oswald was impressed by the simple pathos, the unaffected power, of the speaker.
†2. Not desired or aimed at. Obs. rare.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. xliv. §3. 358 A cloud appearing of bloud and fire, immediately after his vnaffected Coronation.
3. Of persons: Not affected, unartificial or unpretentious, in manners.
1677Miege Fr. Dict. ii, Unaffected, qui n'est pas affecté. a1721Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1723) II. 266 Montagu, methinks, represents Adam in his innocence..; naked, but not ashamed, because unblemished and unaffected. 1729T. Cooke Tales, etc. 88 Hence, says the Bird of Venus, Boaster fly..Me Men, and Gods, with Admiration view, Plain, unaffected, with my glossy Hue. 1818Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 21 He seems eminently intellectual, unaffected, and kind. 1889Lang Prince Prigio ii. 13 What nice, unaffected princes they are!
b. Sincere, honest (in some respect).
1796F. Burney Camilla V. 221 An unaffected admirer of all she had heard of [her] good qualities.
II.
4. Not affected or influenced in mind or feeling; untouched, unmoved. Also const. by, † to, † with.
c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. lviii. ii, The aspick..On whom the charmer all in vaine applies His skillful'st spells.., self-deaf, and unaffected lies. c1616Fletcher Thierry & Theod. ii. i, A poor, cold, unspirited, unmanner'd, Unhonest, unaffected, undone, fool. 1729Law Serious C. iv. 67 The mock ceremony, instead of blessing our victuals, does but accustom us to trifle with devotion, and give us a habit of being unaffected with our prayers. 1741Richardson Pamela I. 177 How unaffected People were to the Distresses of others. 1803Censor 1 Sept. 100 There is something..so moving in the narrative, that I think it is impossible any reader, however stoical, can remain unaffected. c1820Mrs. Sherwood Orange Grove 17 The old man was quite unaffected, and looked quite stupid.
†b. Not inclined to a side or party. Obs.—1
1619Sir E. Herbert in Eng. & Germ. (Camden Soc.) 85, I hope his Majestie will find this state so unaffected and neutrall, that..their irresolution will keep them indifferent.
5. Not attacked by disease or illness.
1797M. Baillie Morb. Anat. (1807) 408 Scirrhous tumours occasionally arise in the vagina itself..when the uterus is unaffected. 1873T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) 281 In this stage [of nephritis] the tubes and their epithelium are unaffected.
6. Not acted upon or altered by some agent or influence.
1830Mackintosh Eth. Philos. Wks. 1846 I. 24 That happiness consisted in virtuous pleasure, chiefly dependent on the state of mind, but not unaffected by outward agents, was the doctrine of both. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) III. 615 Free from old age and unaffected by disease.
b. Similarly without const.
1833–4J. Phillips Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VI. 656 A tremour which might shiver elastic flint,..but leave the chalk unaffected. 1890Retrospect Med. CII. 182 Out of six cases treated..two were cured (?), three slightly relieved, and one unaffected. |