-jē, -ji adjective
( sometimes -er/-est )
Etymology: stodge (II) + -y
1.
a. : having a thick gluey consistency
good stodgy mud — Canadian Geographical Journal
b. : having a thick texture : heavy — used especially of food
gray, stodgy war bread stuns the stomach — F.V. & Katharine Drake
2. : moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness
the cook's a stodgy German woman, a typical hausfrau — W.H.Wright
an occasional group of stodgy sightseers — James Higgins & Gordon Donald
3. : characterized by dullness : being without lightness or wit : boring , pedantic
these volumes are not stodgy … they are extremely readable — G.E.Gardner
many persons … become stilted and stodgy when they put pen to paper — Raymond Walters b.1912
4. : devoid of excitement or interest : dull , prosaic
out on a peaceful rather stodgy Sunday boat trip — Edna Ferber
not tied down by … the stodgy needs of mankind — Harriot B. Barbour
5. : extremely old-fashioned in attitude or outlook : unwilling to yield to change
received a pompously Victorian letter from his stodgy father — E.E.S.Montagu
who had once been so eager and bright, be so stodgy now — Irwin Edman
6. : lacking grace or distinction : drab
stodgy suburbs whose rows of frame dwellings contrast sharply with … opulent mansions — American Guide Series: New York City
7. : having neither smartness nor style : dowdy
the clothes … look stodgy after the ones I've been seeing — Dodie Smith
8. : adhering too much to tradition : stuck in the past : being without immediacy or innovation
much better music than the stodgy efforts of most … composers — H.C.Schonberg