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.
“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 ...
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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 _____ _
______ ...
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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 ...
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/
...
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 ...
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
...
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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
; ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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»
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stuffily is used in the context of the following news items.
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
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»
'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»