1.
Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology.
...a wholefood diet free from ~ additives, colours and flavours...
The city is dotted with small lakes, natural and ~...
= synthetic
? natural
ADJ
~ly
...drugs which ~ly reduce heart rate.
ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
2.
An ~ state or situation exists only because someone has created it, and therefore often seems unnatural or unnecessary.
Removed from the ~ atmosphere of the fashion show, high-fashion clothes often look cheap and silly.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
~ly
...state subsidies that have kept retail prices ~ly low.
ADV: ADV adj, ADV with v
3.
If you describe someone or their behaviour as ~, you disapprove of them because they pretend to have attitudes and feelings which they do not really have.
The voice was patronizing and affected, the accent ~.
ADJ disapproval