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   stuffy

   /ˈstʌfi/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation: "a stuffy, overcrowded office" Similar airlessclosemuggysultryheavymustystalefrowzystiflingsuffocatingoppressivefrowstydialect:claggyinformal:fuggyOpposite airy
   • ▪ (of a person's nose) blocked up and making breathing difficult: "inhaling vapour from a bowl of hot water may help to clear a stuffy nose" Similar blockedstuffed upbunged upOpposite clear
   • 2. (of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded: "he was steady and rather stuffy" Similar staidsedatesoberstiffreservedimpersonalformalpompousprimpriggishfogeyishstrait-lacedconformistconventionalconservativeold-fashionedof the old schoolstodgyboringdulldrearyuninterestinginformal:squarestraightstarchyfuddy-duddystick-in-the-muduptightOpposite relaxedinformalmodern

   Derivatives

   • 1. stuffily adverb
   • 2. stuffiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTUFFY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   STUFFY definition: 1. A stuffy room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air: 2. old-fashioned, formal…. Learn more.

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   1. : ill-natured, ill-humored. 2. : lacking in vitality or interest : stodgy, dull. 3. a. : oppressive to the breathing : close. a stuffy room. b. : stuffed up. a stuffy nose. 4. a. : narrowly inflexible in standards of conduct : self-righteous. b. : stiffly conventional : priggish. stuffy formalities. stuffily. ˈstə-fə-lē. adverb. stuffiness.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › stuffySTUFFY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   STUFFY meaning: 1. A stuffy room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air: 2. old-fashioned, formal…. Learn more.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTUFFY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. adjective. Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned. [disapproval] Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas? ...a firm of lawyers in Lincoln's Inn, immensely stuffy and respectable. ...stuffy attitudes. 2. adjective.

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   If your car is stuffy, it's hot and there isn't enough fresh air circulating. If your nose is stuffy, it's congested (also without enough air moving through it). When a person is stuffy, he or she is a little prim and proper, without a lot of imagination or a willingness to try new things.

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   Stuffy definition: close; poorly ventilated. See examples of STUFFY used in a sentence.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › stuffyStuffy - definition of stuffy by The Free Dictionary

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   1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close. 2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose. 3. a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture. b. Rigidly adhering to conventional standards; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh). stuff′i·ly adv. stuff′i·ness n.