stuffily

ˈstʌfɪli

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Definition of stuffily - Reverso English Dictionary

Adverb

poor ventilation

Rare

in a poorly-ventilated and close manner

Rare

The room was stuffily hot and uncomfortable.

stiflingly

suffocatingly

pompous behavior

Rare

in a boring and pompous manner

Rare

He spoke stuffily, losing the audience's interest.

arrogantly

pompously

pretentiously

angry stubbornness

Dated

in an angry and obstinate manner

Dated

She stuffily refused to change her mind.

obstinately

stubbornly

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Origin of stuffily

English, stuff (material) + -ily (adverbial suffix)

Examples of stuffily in a sentence

They sat stuffily in the old lecture hall.
She stuffily corrected everyone's grammar at the party.
The lecture was delivered stuffily, putting students to sleep.
He stuffily insisted on following the old rules.
The manager stuffily rejected all new proposals.

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French:d'une façon étouffante, pompeusement, ...
German:stickig, steif, ...
Italian:soffocantemente, pomposamente, ...
Spanish:sofocantemente, pomposamente, ...
Portuguese:abafadamente, pomposamente, ...
Chinese:闷热地, 傲慢地, ...
Japanese:むっとして, 気取って, ...
Arabic:بِشَكْلٍ خانِق, بملل وتعجرف, ...
Hebrew:בְּצוּרָה מַחֲנִיקָה, בְּצוּרָה יְהִירָה, ...
Russian:душно, чопорно, ...
Ukrainian:задушливо, пихато, ...
Hindi:बंद तरीके से, घमंड से, ...
Bengali:বন্ধভাবে, বিরক্তিকরভাবে, ...
Catalan:mal ventilat, pomposament, ...
Czech:dusně, nabubřele, ...
Danish:indelukket, pompøst, ...
Dutch:benauwd, pompeus, ...
Greek:αποπνικτικά, βαρετά, ...
Hungarian:fülledten, fellengzősen, ...
Khmer:ដោយសារខ្យល់មិនចេញចូលល្អ និងអួរអាប់, បែបអួតអាងគួរឱ្យធុញ, ...
Korean:답답하게, 거만하게, ...
Persian:بسیار گرم و ناراحت‌کننده, متکبرانه, ...
Polish:duszno, pompatycznie, ...
Portuguese (BR):abafadamente, pomposamente, ...
Romanian:sufocant, pompos, ...
Swedish:instängt, pompöst, ...
Thai:อย่างอับทึบ, อย่างหยิ่งยโส, ...
Turkish:bunaltıcı, kendini beğenmiş bir şekilde, ...
Vietnamese:ngột ngạt, tự mãn, ...

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Adverb

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