Meaning stuffy
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stuffy


1550s, "full of stuff, full of substance" (obsolete); 1831 as "poorly ventilated;" from stuff (n.) + -y (2). Sense of "pompous, smug" is from 1895. Related: Stuffily; stu [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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stuffy


dushne
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com

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stuffy


(adj) lacking fresh air(adj) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull(adj) affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction
Source: beedictionary.com

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stuffy


Poorly ventilated; partially plugged. ''I can't smell very well today – I have a stuffy nose.'' ''Let's go outside – it's getting stuffy in here.'' Stout; mettlesome; resolute. (US) Angry an [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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