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Definition of Stuffily
1. Adverb. In a stuffy manner. "`Come in please,' he said stuffily"
Definition of Stuffily
1. Adverb. In an angry and obstinate manner. ¹
2. Adverb. In an poorly-ventilated and close manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stuffily
1. stuffy [adv] - See also: stuffy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stuffily
Literary usage of Stuffily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame (1895)
"Perhaps, indeed, it was one of their best qualities that they spent the greater
part of their time stuffily indoors. To be sure, there was an exception in ..."
2. Haunted Houses: Tales of the Supernatural, with Some Account of Hereditary by Charles George Harper (1907)
"All the household were terrified nearly out of their wits, and spent the dark
hours of that unquiet night stuffily and uncomfortably, with their heads ..."
3. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London (1915)
"Once in a while he would break off to laugh at himself, and lay a caressing hand
upon his distended pod. "Allee same chicken-crop," he giggled stuffily. ..."
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