woodenness's Usage Examples:

body of the shield "parti per fess, dovetailed" indicates the general woodenness, not of the Artillery Board and the other members of the "Gridiron Club".

attempts to present Tasmanian history as a colourful pageant result in woodenness and contrived efforts, although some of the characters have vitality.

Galaxy Science Fiction which mentions the "coldness of his writing and the woodenness of his characterizations" and calling the story as one "from his Complicated.

satisfying thriller" where "Clancy’s writing has shed some of its erstwhile woodenness" and "doesn't read a technical manual, which is all to the good".

story or at creating compelling characters"; it has a "overall air of woodenness and shrill didacticism".

number of parts earlier, although Ghosh draws the actor out of a certain woodenness that he is known for".

but it's not enough to offset the flagrant overacting by Jones and the woodenness of Hudson.

a different side of himself rather than the "personified synonym for woodenness" he had previously been known for in order to promote his book Joined.

was one of the Best Malay films yet made, with "almost no stiffness and woodenness" in the acting.

police films more valuable because "there was a real sort of stiffness, a woodenness about these people" that he felt Exley had as well.

He also drew on the "awkward woodenness of Christmas pageants — the fact that children are often made to say large.

McNamara also liked O'Loughlin's performance, stating that his "limpid-eye woodenness" worked well for the role.

above all, truly atrocious acting, attaining a level of ineptitude and woodenness that would shame the cheapest amateur porn film.

it for Punch, stated, "the story is of a banality matched only by the woodenness of the acting".

Synonyms:

gracelessness; awkwardness; stiffness; clumsiness;

Antonyms:

irresoluteness; skillfulness; urbanity; elegance; gracefulness;