stuff´i|ness

stuff´i|ness
stuff|y «STUHF ee», adjective, stuff|i|er, stuff|i|est.
1. lacking fresh air: »

a stuffy room.

2. lacking freshness or interest; dull; stodgy: »

a stuffy speech. Lewis Cass of Michigan, very old and very dignified and very stuffy, was Secretary of State (Bruce Catton).

3. stopped up: »

A cold makes my head feel stuffy.

4. Informal. easily shocked or offended; prim; strait-laced: »

a stuffy chaperone.

5. Informal. angry or sulky: »

They never growl at us or get stuffy (Rudyard Kipling).

stuff´i|ly, adverb.
stuff´i|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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