woodenlyadverb
uk/ˈwʊd.ən.li/us/ˈwʊd.ən.li/disapprovingin an awkward way or showing no expression:
She nodded woodenly, her body still numb from the shock.
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Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- phlegmatic
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
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Inability and awkwardness