adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Come on Dad. Don't be so stuffy !
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I wish I could escape from this stuffy little office.
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It's getting stuffy in here -- shall I open the window?
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The hotel room was hot and stuffy , and I woke up with a terrible headache.
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Victor was as old-fashioned as his father, and equally stuffy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A stuffy atmosphere, or one which is artificially heated, air-conditioned and lit, produces lethargy and depression.
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Georges is a stuffy individual who dresses in black tie just to watch Don Giovanni on television.
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The stuffy people finally listen to this genius, then they stand and applaud.
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The room was hot and stuffy .
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They stood around her in the stuffy room, aghast.
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You can find ways of taking advantage of good weather while others are shut in stuffy offices.
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You will not find a stuffy bureaucrat in him.