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stuffy Listen to audio/ˈstʌfi/ adjective
stuff·i·er; stuff·i·est
1 : lacking fresh air
a stuffy attic/room It's very stuffy in here.
2 : filled with mucus because of illness : stuffed
She had a stuffy nose. I had a stuffy feeling in my head.
3 informal + disapproving : very formal, serious, or old-fashioned
the stuffiest members of that exclusive club a stuffy old judge
— stuff·i·ly Listen to audio /ˈstʌfəli/ adverb
stuffily respectable people
— stuff·i·ness Listen to audio /ˈstʌfinəs/ noun [noncount]

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