stuffy
adjective
close; poorly ventilated.
stuffier
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comparativeof stuffy.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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How delightfully ironic that Mary and her avant-garde charm, which was once polarizing and niche to the film’s stuffier early critics, were finally finding a wider audience.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
Many of them prefer data science or finance, while accounting struggles with a stuffier, more old-fashioned image.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
It might be easy to consider the Cruising Pavilion a bit of architectural spit-balling — a subject intended to poke fun at the stuffier projects in the sanctioned exhibits at the Biennale across the canal.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2018
The fight now seems silly — jazz has managed to accommodate many styles and genres — but it can still raise ruffles in the stuffier or more progressive quarters.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017
He had found most of the runs closer and stuffier than he was used to, no doubt because there were so few holes into the open air.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
