STODGILY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a stuffy manner

Example:

'Come in please,' he said stuffily

Synonyms:

stodgily; stuffily

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

stodgy (excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull)

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