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What is the adjective for stuff?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs stuff and stuffe which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

stuffy
  1. Poorly ventilated; partially plugged.
  2. Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
  3. (US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
  4. Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “In a crowded, stuffy room, overhead fans strained to circulate the inert air.”
      “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.”
      “The event could bring a breath of fresh, country air into the stuffy world of British politics.”
stuffed
  1. Full or packed (with some material or substance).
  2. (slang) Full after eating.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Very tired.
  4. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Broken, not functional; in trouble, in a situation from which one is unlikely to recover.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “As he scrutinized the contents of his rather stuffed mailbox, he noticed among the usual flyers, book catalogs, and internal mail, the particular letter for which he had been waiting.”
      “They fed him a light breakfast as he was still stuffed from last night's dinner.”
stuffable
  1. Capable of being stuffed; suitable for stuffing.
stuffless
  1. (informal) without unnecessary things.
stuffier
  1. comparative form of stuffy: more stuffy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The stuffier styles of a previous era that preferred corsets and petticoats were consigned to the dustbin.”
      “It has survived as readers have shunned papers and papers have shunned what was in stuffier times thought of as serious news.”
      “Then you just have a bunch of stuffy people, made even stuffier by their uncomfortable clothes, wandering around and lying about what a good time they are having.”
stuffiest
  1. superlative form of stuffy: most stuffy
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Fan Spending a year in the world's stuffiest room taught me the importance of ventilation.”
      “How did the Philharmonic sign off on a slogan that evokes the stuffiest aspects of classical music?”
      “In making them, company veterans argue, the firm opened up the stuffiest, cartelised corners of India's economy.”
stuffing
stuffing
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