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mannered
adj. having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"
Fuzzynyms (23)
courtly, elegant, formal, stately
adj. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
urbane, refined, polished, svelte, cultured
adj. showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience; "his polished manner"; "maintained an urbane tone in his letters"
debonair, debonaire, suave, polished, debonnaire
adj. having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman"
civilized, polite, cultivated, cultured, genteel
adj. marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
refined
adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
neat, refined, tasteful
adj. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
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agonistic, strained
adj. struggling for effect; "agonistic poses"
artificial, contrived, stilted
adj. 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"
strained, constrained, forced
adj. lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
elocutionary
adj. (used of style of speaking) overly embellished; "an elocutionary Oxonian delivery"
plummy
adj. (of a voice) affectedly mellow and rich; "the radio announcer's plummy voice"
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mannered
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