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stuffy


 
  Overview  of  adj  stuffy 
 
  The  adj  stuffy  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  airless,  close  stuffy,  unaired  --  (lacking  fresh  air;  "a  dusty  airless  attic";  "the  dreadfully  close  atmosphere";  "hot  and  stuffy  and  the  air  was  blue  with  smoke") 
  2.  (1)  stodgy,  stuffy  --  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  stuffy 
 
  2  senses  of  stuffy 
 
  Sense  1 
  airless,  close  stuffy,  unaired 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unventilated)  ->  ventilated 
 
  Sense  2 
  stodgy,  stuffy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  conventional)  ->  unconventional 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  conventional,  conventional)  ->  unconventional 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  stuffy 
 
  2  senses  of  stuffy 
 
  Sense  1 
  airless,  close  stuffy,  unaired 
  =>  unventilated  (vs.  ventilated) 
 
  Sense  2 
  stodgy,  stuffy 
  =>  conventional  (vs.  unconventional)  (vs.  unconventional) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  stuffy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  stuffy 
 
  stuffy  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  stuffy 
  stuffy 
 
  Overview  of  adj  stuffy 
 
  The  adj  stuffy  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  airless,  close  stuffy,  unaired  --  (lacking  fresh  air;  "a  dusty  airless  attic";  "the  dreadfully  close  atmosphere";  "hot  and  stuffy  and  the  air  was  blue  with  smoke") 
  2.  (1)  stodgy,  stuffy  --  (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") 



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