straight´faced´ness

straight´faced´ness
straight-faced «STRAYT FAYST», adjective.
showing no emotion, humor, or thought; with a straight face: »

a straight-faced comedian, a straight-faced joke. He is not a debunker; he achieves his effects not by wisecracks but by straight-faced deadly irony (Atlantic).

straight´-faced´ly, adverb.
straight´faced´ness, noun.

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