s/a73048

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has gloss	(adjective) speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression unnatural, affected
lexicalization	eng: affected
lexicalization	eng: unnatural

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opposite	(adjective) free of artificiality; sincere and genuine; "an unaffected grace" unaffected
similar	(adjective) struggling for effect; "agonistic poses" strained, agonistic
similar	(adjective) artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation" stilted, contrived, artificial, hokey
similar	(adjective) lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" strained, forced, constrained
similar	(adjective) (used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery" elocutionary
similar	(adjective) having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom" mannered
similar	(adjective) (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice" plummy