stuffy
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The logic behind it is firmly rooted in 19th-century London; back then, the city’s financial elite would regularly escape their stuffy urban environs during the summer months.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
When it was founded in Aberdeenshire the firm portrayed itself as a rebellious challenger to a UK brewing industry it regarded as stuffy and corporate.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
“There’s a reputation that museums, and particularly art museums, have of being kind of stuffy or like elitist or something like that, which is not something that I personally agree with,” says Critchley.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
“This doesn’t have to be a stuffy, fourth-wall drama,” says Michael Fell, the show’s creative director.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
Though the chamber was intensely hot and stuffy, Gwystyl shuddered and pulled his robe closer about his shoulders.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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