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Meaning of "stuffily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STUFFILY

stuffily  [ˈstʌfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STUFFILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stuffily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES STUFFILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of stuffily in the English dictionary

The definition of stuffily in the dictionary is excessively dully, staidly, or conventionally.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STUFFILY


anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
aphylly
əˈfɪlɪ
beefily
ˈbiːfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
Caerphilly
kɛəˈfɪlɪ
filly
ˈfɪlɪ
fluffily
ˈflʌfɪlɪ
goofily
ɡuːfɪlɪ
gruffily
ˈɡrʌfɪlɪ
huffily
ˈhʌfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
puffily
ˈpʌfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
scruffily
ˈskrʌfɪlɪ
sniffily
ˈsnɪfɪlɪ
snuffily
ˈsnʌfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STUFFILY

stuff
stuff gown
stuffed
stuffed animal
stuffed dummy
stuffed shirt
stuffed toy
stuffed up
stuffer
stuffier
stuffiest
stuffiness
stuffing
stuffing and stripping
stuffing box
stuffing nut
stuffless
stuffy
stuggy
stukkend

WORDS THAT END LIKE STUFFILY

bodily
daily
easily
family
happily
heavily
Holy Family
lily
luckily
miffily
momentarily
necessarily
oily
primarily
readily
Sicily
spiffily
steadily
temporarily
voluntarily

Synonyms and antonyms of stuffily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stuffily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STUFFILY

Find out the translation of stuffily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of stuffily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stuffily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

stuffily
570 millions of speakers

English

stuffily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

stuffily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

stuffily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

душно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

stuffily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

stuffily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

stuffily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mudah-mudahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spießig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

stuffily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

stuffily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Stuffily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

stuffily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

stuffily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुबकपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

stuffily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stuffily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stuffily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

душно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stuffily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

stuffily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stuffily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stuffily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stuffily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stuffily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STUFFILY»

The term «stuffily» is used very little and occupies the 176.532 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STUFFILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «stuffily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «stuffily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stuffily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STUFFILY»

Discover the use of stuffily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stuffily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lucky
Stuffily, before.” “Yes. Stuffily. Stuffily.” Pause. “May I admit something to you then ...” “Yes.” Pause. “I have been quite, quite nervous about today, Mrs. Malreaux. No matter how I tried convincing myself otherwise—differently—I think I made it ...
Denis Gray, 2010
2
Milliken's Complete Book of Grammar Reproducibles - Grades ...
"Please pass me "Please pass me wisely wisely stuffily stuffily blankly blankly colortully colorfully crossly crossly sharply sharply rapidly rapidly dryly dryly lightly lightly sweetly sweetly the honey," she said the honey," she said _____ _ ______ ...
Sara Inskeep, 2009
3
This Darkening Universe
I should have waited on Earth to see what Smith was up to. Every time he acts on his own initiative, he puts his foot into it." Rok Wllon spoke stuffily in large-talk. " The project was ordered by Supreme. I proposed Doctor Darr as the required ...
Lloyd Biggle, Jr., 1975
4
Cognitive Semantics and the Polish Dative
(96) Bylo mi gorqco/cieplo/zimno/duszno. it was me:DAT hotly/warmly/coldly/ stuffily 'I was hot/warrn/cold/stifled.' (97) Bylo mi mdlo/slabo. it was me:DAT insipidly/weakly 'I felt sick/faint.' (98) Bylo mi mil0/ przykro/ smutno/wesolo/ nudno/  ...
Ewa Dabrowska, 1997
5
Popular Mechanics
Matern's experience and ingenuity came the Survey Home shown on these pages, is neither ultramodern nor stuffily traditional in feeling. Reflecting the desires expressed by a large cross-section of the public, it is truly "the house you asked for ...
6
Flying Magazine
Little Rock Tower stuffily bids me speak first with Approach to get fitted in with the rather scarce other traffic, and l land behind a jet, landing long as I dare to clear his vortices. Later, at dinner, I am astonished to learn that while parts of Arkansas  ...
7
Banned In Berlin: Literary Censorship in Imperial Germany, ...
47 Not all court theaters were so stuffily conservative, however. In small Saxe- Meiningen, Duke Georg II developed one of Europe's most innovative and influential theaters and laid important groundwork for the modern, realistic theater ; ...
Gary D. Stark, 2013
8
Nabokov's Novels in English
He is, for example, very defensive about his and Sebastian's Russian origins, insisting rather stuffily that "Sebastian was brought up in an atmosphere of intellectual refinement, blending the spiritual grace of a Russian household with the very ...
Lucy Maddox, 2010
9
Love's Shifting Shadows
... chores and the not inconsiderable amount of homework now being piled onto the top class of fifth years. We were university material, the little, red-faced headmaster informed us stuffily, and therefore expected to pass all GCE subjects at a ...
Carol Collins, 2009
10
Sunny memories of foreign lands
thundered I, jumping off and bestowing a kick upon his ribs which made me suffer if it did not him. " I won't," said he, stuffily. "Won't you?" said I, pursuing the same line of inductive argument, with rhetorical flourishes of the bridle. " Never !
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STUFFILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stuffily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Blu-ray Review: While We're Young
... Cornelia's history of miscarriages. Documentarian Josh has stalled in the editing stages on his years-in-the-making, overly complicated, stuffily intellectual film. «The Morton Report, Jul 15»
2
The Seagull, Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, review: 'terrific'
Matthew Dunster's superbly acted revival of Anton Chekhov's first masterpiece for the theatre (1896) – sometimes so stuffily done, it's taxidermied - achieves the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
MSNBC Welcome Mat: Staffers Chanted 'F--k Brian Williams'
Williams stuffily wondered, “Has any of this splashed up against what we do?” Koppel responded: “What works about cable television is it's cheap and it makes a ... «NewsBusters, Jun 15»
4
Anzacs airs across the ditch
Despite their dedication, the chaplains are marginalised, adds Reynaud, “as being non-combat and stuffily religious.” Kent says the airing of the episode on TV ... «Avondale College News, Apr 15»
5
This Valentine's Day, love is strange
This company's name sounds stuffily official, but the Cabaret Administration's performances - by Philly neo-burlesque queens Anna Frangiosa and Christine ... «Philly.com, Feb 15»
6
Open audition dates announced for NFCT's“”Camelot”
PELLINORE(M)- A wonderfully funny and stuffily “British” old knight – provides the most consistent comic relief in the play. Dedicated to Arthur. Very eccentric. «RiverheadLOCAL, Feb 15»
7
Clutch Your Pearls and Think of the Children
... associated with pinkness and petticoats, to the point that online discussion often tends to frame any form of perceived moral conservatism as stuffily feminine. «First Things, Jun 14»
8
What De Gaulle Won on D Day
John Wayne takes the beach, Tom Hanks agonizes over the hard choices, and all the rest are there for local color: if British, to be stuffily obstructive; if French, ... «New Yorker, Jun 14»
9
Where will the rainbow end?
THE PRESIDENT of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, is a folksy sort of politician and seems not to relish stuffily formal occasions. The master of ceremonies at an ... «The Economist, May 14»
10
'Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom' With Idris Elba
That's how the movie picks and chooses its humanizing moments, and there are enough to keep its tone from seeming stuffily reverent. “Long Walk to Freedom” ... «New York Times, Nov 13»

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