Stuffie vs. Stuffy
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Difference Between Stuffie and Stuffy
Stuffienoun
(New England) A stuffed clam, typically quahog.
Stuffyadjective
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.Stuffyadjective
Stout; mettlesome; resolute.
Stuffyadjective
(US) Angry and obstinate; sulky.
Stuffyadjective
Boring, uninteresting, over-formal, pompous, very conventional.
The stuffy professor droned on as the class lost interest.Stuffyadjective
(Scotland) Stout; sturdy.
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Stuffyadjective
lacking fresh air;
a dusty airless atticthe dreadfully close atmospherehot and stuffy and the air was blue with smokeStuffyadjective
excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull;
why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?a stodgy dinner party
