adjective
Etymology: from past participle of affect (II)
1. : attached to : inclined or disposed toward
the house of Gonzaga was already well affected to the Spanish cause — J.A.Symonds
events causing him to be differently affected toward his brother
2.
a. obsolete : deliberately chosen
b. obsolete : aimed at : sought after : wished for
c. obsolete : regarded with affection or liking
d. : fancied
a republication of a diluted medical work much affected by laymen — G.F.Whicher
3.
a. : given to false show : assuming or pretending to possess what is not natural or real
an affected person
too affected in his manner to be convincing
b. : assumed artificially or falsely : not natural : pretended
with all the marks, real or affected , of intoxication — J.G.Frazer
a sound and healthy revolt against an affected and citified diction — J.L.Lowes
titles for some of these paintings are affected — closer to poetry than need be — H.D.Walker
• af·fect·ed·ly adverb
• affectedness noun -es