stodgy
Americanadjective
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heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring.
a stodgy Victorian novel.
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of a thick, semisolid consistency; heavy, as food.
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stocky; thick-set.
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old-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional.
a stodgy old gentleman.
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dull; graceless; inelegant.
a stodgy business suit.
adjective
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(of food) heavy or uninteresting
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excessively formal and conventional
Other Word Forms
- stodgily adverb
- stodginess noun
Etymology
Origin of stodgy
Example Sentences
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Biscuit dough felt too stodgy; puff pastry and its flakier cousins had the right spirit, but they collapsed under pressure.
From Salon
There is the question hanging over his batting, which is still experiencing a stodgy search for rhythm, especially against spin.
From BBC
Putnam’s post-Earhart life was a roller coaster of cash woes and notoriety; the following year he staged his own kidnapping, alienating his stodgy publishing community.
From Los Angeles Times
This one has shades of the friendly with Gibraltar 12 months ago, which was another stodgy affair and it may be similar this time round at the end of a long season.
From BBC
Stingingly, the article shows readers some examples of Hitler’s own work, the rather stodgy and static products of a draftsman who aspires to art.
From Los Angeles Times
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