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stuff·y  audio  (stf) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est
  1. Lacking sufficient ventilation; close.
  2. Having the respiratory passages blocked: a stuffy nose.
    1. Dull and boring: a stuffy lecture.
    2. Rigidly adhering to standards of conduct; strait-laced: "I went to one stuffy upper class dinner party on my first night & I go to another tonight" (Evelyn Waugh).


OTHER FORMS:
stuffi·ly(Adverb), stuffi·ness(Noun)


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