wooden
adjective
consisting or made of wood.
woodenness
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a word derived from
wooden.
Example Sentences
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Still, there’s often a woodenness to the actor’s expressions, an excess of soft-eyed brooding, that doesn’t fully overcome Tony’s fundamental drippiness as a character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
Bettina Oberli’s “My Wonderful Wanda” is, ironically, best when the focus is off Wanda, whose woodenness remains unreadable throughout.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2021
Elledge, McAllister, Smith and their comrades-in-show-tunes grapple courageously with the woodenness of the script.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2019
Al Gore was mocked widely and endlessly for his woodenness in 2000.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2017
But order need not mean woodenness and machinery.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
