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woodenly

adv

Etymology

From wooden + -ly.

  1. derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
  2. inherited from *widuz✻
  3. inherited from *widu✻
  4. inherited from wudu
  5. inherited from wode
  6. suffixed as wooden — “wood + -en”
  7. suffixed as woodenly — “wooden + ly”

Definitions

  1. Dully and without emotion.

    • "If they do, all they'll find are hunks of metal," Patrick said woodenly.

  2. Clumsily or without animation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA