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.