woodenness

Definitions of woodenness
  1. noun
    the quality of being wooden and awkward
    “he criticized the woodenness of the acting”
    “there was a certain woodenness in his replies”
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    type of:
    awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
    the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
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