Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.
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- noun the state of being
oafish
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Examples
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One character’s descent into madness seems rushed and over the top, and another character’s oafishness is exaggerated at times to the point of annoyance.
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This country has descended into the depths of "oafishness" at best and total lunacy at worst.
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In one amusing section, a brassy saleswoman on a TV commercial hawks an electronic device that allows women to detect oafishness in a potential partner before a first date.
Theater review of 'Como Evitar Enamorarse del Hombre Equivocado': Watch out, men 2011
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An equally (if not more so) despicable person, but whose lumbering oafishness led to moments of pure comedy.
All the mad men and all the mad women can't tell a joke to save their lives 2009
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Brownstein adds to callous Snelgrave the proper dashes of entitlement and oafishness.
Theater review: Forum Theatre's dismal 'One Flea Spare' 2011
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Each of them came to me to complain about the other, to say that he/she was messing up fragile negotiations, butting in where he/she did not belong, and offending with his/her oafishness and insensitivity all sorts of important people.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Each of them came to me to complain about the other, to say that he/she was messing up fragile negotiations, butting in where he/she did not belong, and offending with his/her oafishness and insensitivity all sorts of important people.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Each of them came to me to complain about the other, to say that he/she was messing up fragile negotiations, butting in where he/she did not belong, and offending with his/her oafishness and insensitivity all sorts of important people.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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It's a whole new realm of Internet oafishness to be doing what some people have decided to spend their time doing over this past week.
Sometimes the news is fortunate kradical 2007
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Take heart, and don't let Snuffles's needling or Deej's oafishness upset you.
Christmas Update 2007
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