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stodgy
[stoj-ee]
adjective
heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring.
a stodgy Victorian novel.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms: ,of a thick, semisolid consistency; heavy, as food.
stocky; thick-set.
old-fashioned; unduly formal and traditional.
a stodgy old gentleman.
dull; graceless; inelegant.
a stodgy business suit.
stodgy
/ ˈɒɪ /
adjective
(of food) heavy or uninteresting
excessively formal and conventional
Other 51Թ Forms
- stodgily adverb
- stodginess noun
- ˈٴǻ岵Ա noun
- ˈٴǻ岵 adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stodgy1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Once again Pakistan's fragile and stodgy top order failed to muster the runs which would prove a real challenge to their Indian counterparts.
They had become stodgy and error-prone until the wee man did his thing and electrified Murrayfield.
Not across the board, of course — the presenters’ scripts were still stodgy, but when aren’t they?
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