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Adverb for muggy, stuffy, with bad ventilation
“In a crowded, stuffy room, overhead fans strained to circulate the inert air.”
Adverb for blocked up or congested, especially of a person's nose
“When you've got a stuffy nose, you put some hot water and a couple of drops of the medicine that comes with it into the inhaler.”
Adverb for overly formal, conventional, or prim and proper
“The event could bring a breath of fresh, country air into the stuffy world of British politics.”
Adverb for boring or severely lacking in interest
“Timmy and Margery mounted the steps reluctantly, indicating that they thought a stuffy old museum was dismal indeed.”
Adverb for having a tendency to be easily annoyed or angered
“She seemed to be such a wonderfully cheerful, sweet woman, unlike her father's stuffy staff of servants.”
Adverb for insular in one's views, opinions or outlook
Adverb for not friendly or sociable
Adverb for strict or exacting in standards
Adverb for having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements
Adverb for fastidious and hard to please
Adverb for behaving as though one is more important than others
Adverb for vehement or impassioned in expression, sometimes pretentiously so
Adverb for swollen with fluid or gas
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