Woodenness

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wood·en (w

adj.

1. Made or consisting of wood.

2. Stiff and unnatural; without spirit: a wooden performance; a wooden smile.

3. Clumsy and awkward; ungainly.

wooden·ly adv.

wooden·ness n.

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Noun

woodenness - the quality of being wooden and awkward; "he criticized the woodenness of the acting"; "there was a certain woodenness in his replies"

gracelessness, clumsiness, awkwardness, stiffness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

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