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Stuffily vs. Stuffy — What's the Difference?

Stuffily vs. Stuffy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Stuffily and Stuffy

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Stuffily

Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.

Stuffy

Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.

Stuffily

Having the respiratory passages blocked
A stuffy nose.

Stuffy

Having the respiratory passages blocked
A stuffy nose.

Stuffily

Dull and boring
A stuffy lecture.
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Stuffy

Dull and boring
A stuffy lecture.

Stuffily

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).

Stuffy

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).

Stuffily

In a poorly-ventilated and close manner.

Stuffy

Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
I can’t smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.
Let’s go outside – it’s getting stuffy in here.

Stuffily

In a boring and pompous manner.
A stuffily tedious lecture on art

Stuffy

Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

Stuffily

(US) In an angry and obstinate manner.

Stuffy

(US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.

Stuffily

In a stuffy manner;
`Come in please,' he said stuffily

Stuffy

Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.

Stuffy

(Scotland) Stout; sturdy.

Stuffy

Synonym of stuffed toy

Stuffy

Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

Stuffy

Angry and obstinate; sulky.

Stuffy

Ill-ventilated; close.

Stuffy

Lacking fresh air;
A dusty airless attic
The dreadfully close atmosphere
Hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke

Stuffy

Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull;
Why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
A stodgy dinner party

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