STUFFY


Meaning of STUFFY in English

(stuffier, stuffiest)

1.

Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned.

Why were grown-ups always so ~ and slow to recognize good ideas?

...a firm of lawyers in Lincoln’s Inn, immensely ~ and respectable.

ADJ disapproval

2.

If it is ~ in a place, it is unpleasantly warm and there is not enough fresh air.

It was hot and ~ in the classroom.

ADJ

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