STODGY


Meaning of STODGY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstä-jē ]

adjective

( 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 ˈstä-jə-lē adverb

• stodg·i·ness ˈstä-jē-nəs noun

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