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Stuffiness

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stuff·y  (stf)
adj. stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est
1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.
3.
a. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.
b. Rigidly adhering to standards of conduct; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" Evelyn Waugh.
stuffi·ly adv.
stuffi·ness n.
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Noun1.stuffiness - state of obstruction or stoppage or air in the nose or throat
congestion - excessive accumulation of blood or other fluid in a body part
2.stuffiness - the quality of being close and poorly ventilated
closeness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
3.stuffiness - dull and pompous gravity
stodginess
graveness, gravity, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness - a manner that is serious and solemn
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I remember that the monstrous and grotesque idea crossed my mind--the illusion may have been heightened by the heavy stuffiness of the air which we were breathing--that we were in four front seats of the stalls at the last act of the drama of the world.
The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
Not that George had come to Marvis Bay with the single aim of finding an antidote to metropolitan stuffiness.
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