wooden
adjective
consisting or made of wood.
woodenly
-
a word derived from
wooden.
Example Sentences
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Gage looks less mobile as he woodenly directs our attention to the skirmish in the background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
In their statements, the prisoners blended woodenly phrased condemnations of their own country’s leadership with genuine-sounding details of the conflict’s early firefights.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
The star read woodenly from a script he obviously did not want to read.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2020
I’m a simulacrum, a cardboard cut-out trudging woodenly through the city.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2018
When he turned to his teammates, he encountered a reef of curious, reflective faces all gazing at him woodenly with morose and inscrutable animosity.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
