woodenly
- r  without grace; rigidly
                    
                        
                            
 they moved woodenly
- Pianist Schnabel is not a glamorous figure, but a stubby, square-headed little Austrian who stalks woodenly on stage, seats himself leisurely at his piano, waits for quiet .
- As a fiddler Father Kubelik appeared, at 54, as a stolid, hard worker, absorbed by his finger technique and a bow that moved woodenly.
- Jacob Malik stuck woodenly to his orders.