[stodgy] adj stodg.i.er ; -est (1858) 1: having a rich filling quality: heavy "~ bread"
2: moving in a slow plodding way esp. as a result of physical bulkiness
3: boring, dull "out on a peaceful rather ~ Sunday boat trip --Edna Ferber"
4: extremel y old-fashioned: hidebound "received a pompously Victorian letter from his ~ father --E. E. S. Montagu"
5. a: drab b: dowdy -- stodg.i.ly adv -- stodg.i.ness n