stodginess
- a word derived from stodgy.
Example Sentences
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The name is tongue-in-cheek, but investors haven’t had patience for actual stodginess lately.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
Letterman’s offbeat, sardonic brand of humor also gave a layer of hipness to CBS, which had long had a reputation for stodginess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
The creativity of this style of quizzing, I’m convinced, is also a reaction to the stodginess that infects Indian education.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2020
The energy of the crowd clearly goosed the cast, counteracting the over-prepared stodginess that hampers so many of these specials.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2018
The stodginess of it was getting on her nerves.
From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills
