stuffily

From stuffy + -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstʌfɪli/
• Rhymes: -ʌfɪli

stuffily (comparative more stuffily, superlative most stuffily)

1. In a poorly ventilated and close manner.
   • 1895, Kenneth Graham, The Golden Age, London, page 3:

     Perhaps, indeed, it was one of their best qualities that they spent the greater part of their time stuffily indoors.

2. In a boring and pompous manner.

   a stuffily tedious lecture on art

3. (US) In an angry and obstinate manner.

• (in a poorly-ventilated manner): oppressively

• stuffiness
• stuffy