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stuffy
- poorly ventilated; having little fresh air; close
- stale or oppressive: the stuffy air
- having the nasal passages stopped up, as from a cold
- Informal
- dull or stodgy; not interesting or stimulating
- conservative, conventional, old-fashioned, etc.
- prim; strait-laced
- pompous; pretentious
Related Forms:
- stuffily adverb
- stuffiness noun
See stuffy in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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