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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

descaradamente

Native Script:fríamente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: des.ka.ɾaˈðan.te.mente

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unaffectionately/ˌʌn.əˈfɛk.ʃən.ət.li/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Lo saludó fríamente sin mirarlo a los ojos."

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1 sense
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a manner lacking warmth, fondness, or tender affection.

    "He patted her shoulder unaffectionately before turning back to his work."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix 'un-' (meaning not) combined with 'affectionately', which stems from the Latin 'affectio' meaning disposition or feeling. The construction emerged in Early Modern English to denote the absence of warmth, tenderness, or emotional attachment in manner or action.

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