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Webster 1913 Edition


Woodenly

Wood′en-ly

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adv.
Clumsily; stupidly; blockishly.
R. North.

Definition 2024


woodenly

woodenly

English

Adverb

woodenly (comparative more woodenly, superlative most woodenly)

  1. (of speech) Without emotion.
    • 2009, Dale Brown, Strike Force, page 31
      "If they do, all they'll find are hunks of metal," Patrick said woodenly.
  2. (of movement) Clumsily or without animation.

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