单词 | unaffecting |
释义 | unaffectingadj.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] natural1553 unaffecting1602 inartificial1665 unaffected1677 real1747 unpedantic1782 unpretentious1838 untheatric1858 unselfconscious1866 1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. D2 A most learned, yet vnaffecting spirit. 1713 R. Steele Spectator No. 423. ⁋2 He carries on an unaffecting Exactness in his Dress and Manner. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vi. 276 A vulgar face..And unaffecting manners may at once Be recognized by all. View more context for this quotation 2. Not affecting or touching; having no effect upon the feelings. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [adjective] > not unmoving1642 unaffecting1647 untouching1745 neutral1760 unravishing1781 unprovocative1793 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 77 Affected termes are unaffecting things to solid hearers. 1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity 277 Abstract Reasons of Esteem, Honour, and Regard are unaffecting, without a mixture of something relative to Us. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music xiii. 233 The Ode must be written in the Style of Passion; not with the Parade of unaffecting Imagery, or tedious Allegory. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales viii. 157 In her tall mirror then she shows a face, Still coldly fair with unaffecting grace. 1823 J. Wilson Trials Margaret Lyndsay i. 3 The narrative of whose fortunes may perhaps not be unaffecting to those who [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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