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Meanings of assumed gaiety in English

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Usage of assumed gaiety in English
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Despite her assumed gaiety there was just a little catch in Vera's voice.
The Mystery of the Four Fingers
2
She laughed, and said with assumed gaiety:
The Created Legend
3
Alfred accepted the praises with a conscience stricken feeling that kept him miserable under his assumed gaiety.
Watch Yourself Go By
4
Next, I approached Woloda, and said with an effort and in a similar tone of assumed gaiety: Hullo, Woloda!
Youth
5
The expression of his eye, from its general character of assumed gaiety, was changed into that of tenderness and respect.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
6
The smile of assumed gaiety faded from my lips, as his grave, earnest, sincere accents went down into my soul.
Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
7
The sorrows of which she never spoke seemed to hang over her assumed gaiety like a light cloud obscuring the sun.
A Woman of Thirty
8
Even to us he assumed gaiety and hope, and assumed them so well, that we did not divine the secret workings of his mind.
The Last Man
9
"Smell the coffee," she said with assumed gaiety.
The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Vo...
10
"Farewell, captain; a happy and safe voyage to you," she answered, with assumed gaiety of tone; but there was no reply.
The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
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