What is "stodgily"

Usage examples of "stodgily".

The aunts had fallen asleep and sat nodding stodgily across from Elizabeth, and the idea of escape played temptingly in her mind.

They have an excellent reputation, as a stodgily honest old firm, just big enough to be unambitious.

Also it was boring to see how stodgily George Vanneck was in love with Mrs.

The answer brought raised eyebrows from Calum, in whose opinion only the stodgily elitist clung to their titles these days.

They go on doing exactly as they have always done, not stodgily, exactly, but with a kind of dullness, a polite indifference and impenetrability, behind which may lie supreme self-satisfaction, or something quite different.

But the result the same - constant danger, unremitting alertness, night after night at sea, healthy and stodgily - dull food, infrequent mail: no beer, no dances, no girls.