stodgy
adjective
heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring.
stodginess
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a word derived from
stodgy.
Example Sentences
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Going into this, there was positivity around Scotland's energy and the chances they'd been creating, about a burgeoning attacking style far removed from Clarke's supposed stodginess.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
When English society was respectable, even to stodginess at times," was his point of view, "to be born 'the Head of the House' was a weighty and awe-inspiring thing.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
