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oafishly
adverb
old-fashioneddisapprovinguk /ˈəʊ.fɪʃ.li/ us /ˈoʊ.fɪʃ.li/
in a stupid, rude, or awkward way:
I always end up behaving oafishly when I'm near her, unable to just be myself.
The group of teenagers oafishly pushed their way to the front of the queue.
He just lingered in the hall, oafishly getting in the way as we carried boxes back and forth.
He just sat and grinned oafishly, unable to answer even the simplest question.
She realized that she had, rather oafishly, completely ignored the man in the blue coat.
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