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stodgy
adjective
1 stodgy
Heavy and starchy and hard to digest.
2 stodgy
3 stodgy
Excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull:
— Why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?.
— A stodgy dinner party.
synonym: stuffy.
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