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feignedly

feignedly

8.8
In a way that pretends to be real but is not
  • adverb
  • /ˈfeɪndədli/
translation icon : fingidamente
  • She greeted her rival feignedly as if they were old friends.

Examples

  • The student listened feignedly interested during the long lecture.

  • He laughed feignedly at the joke, though he did not find it funny.

  • She smiled feignedly during the meeting.

  • He feignedly agreed with her opinion.

  • She feignedly smiled at him, hiding her true feelings of disappointment.

  • Although he feignedly agreed to the plan, he had no intention of following through.

  • The child feignedly apologized for breaking the toy, but he was actually not sorry.

Synonyms

disingenuously
vsfeignedly
2 8.4

In a dishonest way, by pretending not to know something

is broader and covers any false behaviour not only acting uninformed
insincerely
vsfeignedly
1 4.5

To say or do something without meaning it

is used for deliberate acting as if something is real not simple lack of honesty

Antonyms

genuinely
216 2.5

In a real and honest way, not pretending

sincerely
152 1.0

In a way that shows true feelings without pretending

How Insincere

falsely
83 3.5
insincerely
1 4.5
feignedly
8.8
artificially
58 4.4

Surface Forms

feignedly positive

Morphology

feignedly = feigned (transparent) = feign + ed + ly

Formation by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'feigned' yields a clear meaning 'in a pretended manner'.

Etymology

Feignedly comes from feign, which comes from the old Latin word fingere meaning 'to shape', and it shares the same root as fiction ('made up'). So to act feignedly is to behave in a 'pretended' way, as if something were real when it is not.