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Definition of stodgily in the Online Dictionary. Meaning of stodgily. Pronunciation of stodgily. Translations of stodgily. stodgily synonyms, stodgily antonyms. Information about stodgily in the free online English dictionary and encyclopedia. ... stodgily - in a stuffy manner; "`Come in please,' he said stuffily"
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1 : having a rich filling quality : heavy <stodgy bread> 2 : moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness ...
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adjective stodgier stodg′i·er, stodgiest stodg′i·est. heavy and unpalatable: said of food; heavily built; bulky and slow in movement; dull; tedious; ...
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Stodgily - Definition of Stodgily at Dictionary.com a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms, and translation of Stodgily. Look it up now! ... Use stodgily in a Sentence...
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Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ... Prim or pompous; stuffy: "Why is the middle-class so stodgy-so utterly without a sense of humor!" (Katherine Mansfield). See synonims at dull. ... Indigestible and starchy; heavy: stodgy food.
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The adverb stodgily has one meaning: Meaning #1 : in a stuffy manner ... WordNet: stodgily...
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But even though it is on a subject that interests me enormously, it is so stodgily written that I simply couldn't finish it. I found it long-winded and felt it wasn't telling me anything I didn't know already.
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You don't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable B-minus to The Emperor's Club, a stodgily sentimental prep-school drama held together by Kevin Kline's performance. ... Box office report ... Kline plays a kind of '70s American equivalent to Britain's famed good-guy instructor Mr. Chips, though Chips never had...
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Bogie's considerable charisma is visibly weakened by his tired appearance, and the strong cast is never really allowed full rein by Dmytryk, whose abiding concern that fair play be seen to be done, with regard to all the characters' various motivations, makes for a stodgily liberal courtroom drama...
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I remember making a similar point about 20 years ago, that the Democrats tend to produce better political entrepreneurs while Republican politicians tend to be stodgily bureaucratic. In the 1990s, the Republicans started pulling even with the Democrats in generating bright entrepreneurial candidates.
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