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English Dictionary: stuffy by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stuffy
adj
  1. lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
    Synonym(s): airless, close, stuffy, unaired
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): stodgy, stuffy
  3. affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction; "a stuffy feeling in my chest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stuffy \Stuff"y\, a.
      1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
  
      2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]
  
      3. Ill-ventilated; close.
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