Affectation vs. Drawl

Affectationnoun

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

Drawlverb

(transitive) To drag on slowly and heavily; while or dawdle away time indolently.

Affectationnoun

An unusual mannerism.

Drawlverb

(transitive) To utter or pronounce in a dull, spiritless tone, as if by dragging out the utterance.

Affectationnoun

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

‘Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural what is natural.’;

Drawlverb

(intransitive) To move slowly and heavily; move in a dull, slow, lazy manner.

Affectationnoun

A striving after.

Drawlverb

(intransitive) To speak with a slow, spiritless utterance, from affectation, laziness, or lack of interest.

Affectationnoun

Fondness; affection.

Drawlnoun

A way of speaking slowly while lengthening vowel sounds and running words together. Characteristic of some southern US accents, as well as Scots.

Affectationnoun

a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

Drawlverb

To utter in a slow, lengthened tone.

Drawlverb

To speak with slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit, affectation, etc.

‘Theologians and moralists . . . talk mostly in a drawling and dreaming way about it.’;

Drawlnoun

A lengthened, slow monotonous utterance.

Drawlnoun

a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

Drawlverb

lengthen and slow down or draw out;

‘drawl one's vowels’;

Drawlverb

speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds

‘‘Suits me fine,’ he drawled’;

Drawlnoun

a slow, lazy way of speaking or an accent with prolonged vowel sounds

‘a strong Texan drawl’;

Drawl

A drawl is a perceived feature of some varieties of spoken English and generally indicates slower, longer vowel sounds and diphthongs. The drawl is often perceived as a method of speaking more slowly and may be erroneously attributed to laziness or fatigue.