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Meanings of be no affectation in English

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Usage of be no affectation in English
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There was no affectation of the fine lady in her self-reproach.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
2
For there is no affectation of enthusiasm about her; nothing exaggerated, nothing rhapsodical.
Sybil, Or, The Two Nations
3
And yet the latter felt that there was no affectation about all this.
Don Orsino
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There was no affectation of shaded lights and gloomy, mysterious spaces.
Gossamer
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There was no affectation in her voice, only fright and embarrassment.
Carrion comfort
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It was no affectation, as, with some folk, you might have thought it.
A Minstrel in France
7
If Fountain's songs are strewn with images of the American west, it 's no affectation.
Radio NZ
8
You saw that there was no affectation in her fainting.
Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
9
There was no affectation about him; and he talked, as usual, upon indifferent subjects.
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
10
There is no affectation, no straining for effect in simplicity.
The Elements of Character
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It may, however, be noted that there was no affectation in his dreamy expression.
Honorine
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Anthony was drawn to the speaker instantly, for there was no affectation about him.
The Ne'er-Do-Well
13
There was no affectation of indifference, no trace of embarrassed or of pleased self-consciousness.
A Young Girl's Wooing
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There was no affectation of mystery, no attempt at keeping his experiments a secret.
Heroes of the Telegraph
15
There was no affectation about her, no pretence of being what she was not.
One Man in His Time
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Having, I say, felt its truth here; for the feeling is no affectation or chimera.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2