oaf
noun
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
Example Sentences
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Pfister and the screenwriter, Jack Paglen, grapple ponderously, sometimes oafishly, with the ethical and philosophical issues at stake in the film’s premise.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2014
For his camera just hunkers down, awhittlin' and aspittin' and oafishly gawking at these less than astonishing goings-on.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pa has an oafishly agreeable young cousin named Jethro, who is a l'il weak-minded and has spent a dozen years in the fifth grade at Oxford.
From Time Magazine Archive
Except for a few oafishly drawn media sharpies, everyone in Romero's Paisley pageant is so nice that no true conflict arises.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Thank yer, sir," he said, grinning oafishly as he pouched the guinea.
From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough
