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    stuffy

    adjective
    adjective
    BrE BrE//ˈstʌfi//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈstʌfi//
    (stuffier, stuffiest) Boredom
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  1. 1(of a building, room, etc.) warm in an unpleasant way and without enough fresh air a stuffy room It gets very hot and stuffy in here in summer.
  2. 2(informal, disapproving) very serious, formal, boring or old-fashioned a stuffy, formal family plain, stuffy clothes See related entries: Boredom
  3. 3(especially North American English) if you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked because you have a cold
    4. Extra examples It gets really stuffy in here in summer. My parents are being a bit stuffy about me living in London on my own. She had always seemed so stuffy and plain. The room was stuffy with the smell of socks and sweat.
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