stuffily
In airless manner
Stuffily describes doing something in a stuffy manner—with excessive formality, pompousness, or resistance to fresh ideas.
Someone who responds stuffily to a suggestion reacts with rigid disapproval: He stuffily dismissed any changes to the traditional ceremony.
The word can also describe physical stuffiness—a room stuffily warm and airless.
With exaggerated importance
- snobbishlyIn an elitist manner
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- condescendinglyWith arrogant superiority
- priggishlyWith smug moral superiority
smugly · self-importantly · pedantically · stiffly · primly · fussily · prudishly · prissily
Without air circulation
- closeNearby or to shut
- muggyUnpleasantly warm and humid
- airlessHaving no atmosphere
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
windowless · enclosed · stale · humid · sweltering · sultry · clammy · oppressive
pretentiously
With exaggerated importance
- snobbishlyIn an elitist manner
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
- condescendinglyWith arrogant superiority
priggishly · smugly · self-importantly · pedantically · stiffly · primly · fussily · prudishly · prissily · puritanically
unventilated
Without air circulation
stagnant · windowless · enclosed · stale · humid · sweltering · sultry · clammy · oppressive · suffocating
nasally
Through the nostrils
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
- snifflingRepeated nasal inhalation
- wheezingHarsh, whistling respiration
clogged · breathing · snuffling · phlegmy · hoarsely · thickly
stuffilyairily
In a breezy manner
breezily · freshly · coolly · ventilated · openly
stuffilycasually
In an informal way
informally · breezily · relaxedly · loosely · laid-back
stuffilyclearly
Without ambiguity
excitingly · freshly · vibrantly · lively · engagingly
- ballot stuffingFraudulent vote inflation
- knock the stuffing out ofDefeat utterly and exhaustingly
- stuffing the ballot boxSubmitting fraudulent votes
- stuffing envelopesFilling mailers with contents
- stuffing faceEating voraciously and fast
- sausage stuffingSeasoned meat-bread dressing