adj.
Pronunciation: ' stä-j ē
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: stodg · i · er ; -est
Date: 1854
1 : having a rich filling quality : HEAVY < stodgy bread>
2 : moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness
3 : BORING , DULL <out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip ― Edna Ferber>
4 : extremely old-fashioned : HIDEBOUND <received a pompously Victorian letter from his stodgy father ― E. E. S. Montagu>
5 a : DRAB b : DOWDY
– stodg · i · ly \ ' stä-j ə -l ē \ adverb
– stodg · i · ness \ ' stä-j ē -n ə s \ noun