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What is the noun for oafishly?

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oaf
  1. (pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.
  2. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Next to me was some oaf shouting into his phone, pretending to be important.”
      “Bart, you brainless oaf, the least you could've done for her is give her your coat.”
      “To some, the director-general is an oaf dressed in jester's clothing, a big-mouthed fool with a propensity to put his foot in it.”
oafishness
  1. The state or condition of being oafish; stupidity; dullness; folly.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “In his more recent roles, though, the self-deprecating oafishness of his previous roles has been replaced by an impatient humourlessness.”
      “Congress, in its collective ham-fisted oafishness, dictated that the government place restrictions on access to spacecraft tracking information.”
      “Now, thanks to lots of links, hits, and general public oafishness, I'm once again the first.”
oafs
  1. plural of oaf
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    1. “This idiot and his team of oafs had the audacity to patronize and laugh at Eugene last night.”
      “Our branch contains a fair number of clumsy oafs and we own a hard boat with plenty of deck space for stumbling about.”
      “Nowadays it is the footballers who behave like oafs off the field, while rugby players act like hooligans on it.”
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