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1Stuffy — may refer to:* Stuffy McInnis (1890 1960), first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball * Stuffy Stewart (1894 1980), professional baseball playeree also* Stuff * Stuffy nose …
2stuffy — stəf ē adj, stuff·i·er; est affected with congestion <a stuffy nose> stuff·i·ness stəf ē nəs n …
3stuffy — [adj1] close, oppressive airless, breathless, confined, fetid, heavy, humid, muggy, stagnant, stale, stifling, suffocating, sultry, thick, unventilated; concept 525 Ant. airy, breezy, open, ventilated stuffy [adj2] old fashioned, prim arrogant,… …
4stuffy — [stuf′ē] adj. stuffier, stuffiest [ STUFF + Y2] 1. a) poorly ventilated; having little fresh air; close b) stale or oppressive [the stuffy air] 2. having the nasal passages stopped up …
5Stuffy — Stuff y, a. 1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] Jamieson. [1913 Webster] 2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 3. Ill ventilated; close. [1913 Webster] …
6stuffy — index orotund, pedestrian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7stuffy — poorly ventilated, 1831, from STUFF (Cf. stuff) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Sense of pompous, smug is from 1895. Related: Stuffily; stuffiness …
8stuffy — *prim, priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, strait laced Analogous words: stodgy, *dull, humdrum: *irksome, tedious: narrow, narrow minded, *illiberal, hidebound …
9stuffy — ► ADJECTIVE (stuffier, stuffiest) 1) lacking fresh air or ventilation. 2) conventional and narrow minded. 3) (of a person s nose) blocked up. DERIVATIVES stuffily adverb stuffiness noun …
10stuffy — [[t]stʌ̱fi[/t]] stuffier, stuffiest 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old fashioned. Why were grown ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas? ...a firm of lawyers in Lincoln s Inn, immensely… …