2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stuffy \Stuff"y\, a.
1. Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
2. Angry and obstinate; sulky. [U. S.]
3. Ill-ventilated; close
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
stuffy
adj 1: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully
close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was
blue with smoke" [syn: {airless}, {close}, {unaired}]
2: 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" [syn: {stodgy}]
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