stuffilyadv.
/ˈstʌfᵻli/, U.S. /ˈstəfəli/ In a stuffy manner; figurative in a manner that lacks freshness or interest.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in wearisome or tedious manner
irksomely1549
tediously1557
leaden-like1574
drearily1579
dully1600
Welshly1629
unlively1641
woodenly1653
stupidly1723
uninterestingly1793
soporifically1807
sloomy1820
wearyingly1829
boringly1840
tiresomely1847
aridly1883
drably1891
stuffily1894
stodgily1904
yawnsomely1908
yawnfully1914
1894 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 115 They spent the greater part of their time stuffily in-doors.
1902 S. E. White Blazed Trail xv. 102 The parlor..was a small square apartment carpeted in dark Brussels, and stuffily glorified in the bourgeois manner by [tasteless furniture].
1912 Nation 20 Apr. 84/1 So he [a dull writer] goes stuffily on his way.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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