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- Dictionarystuffy/ˈstʌfi/
adjective
- 1. (of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation: "a stuffy, overcrowded office" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded: "he was steady and rather stuffy" Similar Opposite
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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.
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.
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.
Stuffy definition: close; poorly ventilated. See examples of STUFFY used in a sentence.
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.
STUFFY meaning: 1. A stuffy room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air: 2. old-fashioned, formal…. Learn more.
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.
Definition of stuffy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
STUFFY definition: 1. If a room or a building is stuffy, it is hot and unpleasant and the air is not fresh. 2…. Learn more.
• A stuffy atmosphere, or one which is artificially heated, air-conditioned and lit, produces lethargy and depression. • You will not find a stuffy bureaucrat in him. • It's getting stuffy in here -- shall I open the window ?
