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Dull and pompous gravity
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stuffiness
Word definitions for stuffiness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stuffiness \Stuff"i*ness\, n. The quality of being stuffy.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being angry and obstinate. 2 (context uncountable English) The state or quality of being poorly-ventilated and close. 3 (context countable rare English) The result or product of being stuffy.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. dull and pompous gravity [syn: stodginess ]
Usage examples of stuffiness.
Now a young girl appeared before him, a girl with golden skin, as beautiful a girl as any that ever was, a kind girl who helped him out of his sticky shirt, his pants, too, an excellent measure considering the mounting stuffiness of these close quarters, soft caramel limbs coaxing him out onto the floor, where, stripped to a tattered pair of black boxer shorts, drums thudding eloquently in liturgical cadence, he embarked on a hunt for the great prey.
Mering from complaining about the soot blowing in the window (Terence closed the window), about the stuffiness of the compartment (Terence opened the window again and drew the curtains), about the dimness of the day, the roughness of the ride, the hardness of the cushion Baine had brought her.