stuffily
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stuff·y
(stŭf′ē)adj. stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est
1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.
3.
a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.
b. Rigidly adhering to conventional standards; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh).
stuff′i·ly adv.
stuff′i·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | stuffily - in a stuffy manner; "`Come in please,' he said stuffily" |
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Translations
بِخُمول، بصورةٍ خانِقَه
dusně
formeltforstokket
mollulega; teprulega
dusno
havasız bir şekilde
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stuffily
adv (= narrow-mindedly) → spießig; (= prudishly) → prüde; (= stiffly) → steif, gezwungen; (= dully) → langweilig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stuffy
(ˈstafi) adjective1. (of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air. Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?
2. formal and dull. Must we visit those stuffy people?
ˈstuffily adverbˈstuffiness noun
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