HyperDic: stuffily

English > 1 sense of the word stuffily:
ADVERBallstuffily, stodgilyin a stuffy manner
English > stuffily: 1 sense > adverb 1
MeaningIn a stuffy manner.
Example"'Come in please,' he said stuffily"
Synonymstodgily
Adjectivesstuffyexcessively conventional and unimaginative / unimaginative and hence dull / dull

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