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Meanings of woodenly in English
Spanish
inexpresivamente Without grace; rigidly.
Synonyms
Examples for "ungraciously"
Examples for "ungraciously"
1
She took her place very ungraciously at the foot of the line.
2
The lad met the objection ungraciously, and John took to his flattery.
3
I bore my burdens ungraciously, and Maria Theresa was aware of it.
4
The King, reluctantly and ungraciously, consented to accept Rockingham as first minister.
5
He was begotten untimely and born unhappily, lives ungraciously and dies unchristianly.
1
She rose, not ungracefully; her eyelids drooped in their old shy manner.
2
The moon lay over on her back and yawned still more ungracefully.
3
I bent forward on my cane, then ungracefully collapsed into my chair.
4
Thereafter only the fit were chosen, and very ungracefully did they respond.
5
Laughing, Barbara stood up, rather ungracefully, since her leg muscles had cramped.
1
Once there, they proceeded to roll about gracelessly on the stone.
2
If he could still walk, even slowly, even gracelessly, shouldn't he?
3
The man plopped gracelessly onto the seat and the chair thunked to the floor.
4
Short, heavy, heads down, not running but gracelessly stamping forward.
5
We all seemed to be moving in mud, gracelessly slow.
Usage of woodenly in English
1
She took the bundles woodenly until she came to a plastic can.
2
Moving woodenly, Hi elbowed Chance, who was standing beside him checking email.
3
Fritz continues to stare woodenly at the roof of the dock-shed.
4
I woodenly shake hands with men in suits and ladies in cocktail clothes.
5
Gordon hesitated, and then swung off woodenly to take up his new beat.
6
Suddenly his eye fell upon Private Mucklewame, blindly and woodenly yelling himself hoarse.
7
Duke moved out woodenly, but Flannery was obviously going no farther.
8
I sat on the bedroom window-seat, staring woodenly at Miss Blossom.
9
There were many slot machines and unsmiling men & women woodenly playing them.
10
A puzzled expression flickered across his face and he moved woodenly.
11
Scotonis entered, moving a little woodenly, and sat down on it.
12
Enoch smiled, woodenly, and the smile had an unnatural feel upon his face.
13
He climbed in woodenly, leaving his helmet on as he saw the broken window.
14
The aide-de-camp continued to sit staring woodenly at the carpet.
15
He took one hand out of his pocket and pointed woodenly to the right.
16
Inside, Sheila sat woodenly on the little sofa, pretending to see none of them.
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Woodenly through the time
Woodenly across language varieties
United States of America
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