adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Stress, lack of rest and too much stodgy food had made Pauline break out in spots.
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the stodgy banking industry
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The food in Suzie's Cafe tends to be stodgy rather than fresh and light.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As usual when dealing with her, the poor old royals and their stodgy advisers were left in the dust.
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It was a little stodgy , a little old-fashioned.
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Much existing self-build is stodgy and dull.
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So the stodgy respectability of the official state cinema becomes leavened with curious characters.
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Supposedly, this nomination shows that stodgy , old academy voters are hipper, less traditional, younger.
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The stodgy strands were long and thick and twisted, spotted with mobile gobbets of ketchup.
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This contrasts greatly with another professional publication that I receive which is stodgy and insists on corresponding via an employer's address.