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The brainchild of Chef Donald Young, the come-as-you-are restaurant is a great gateway for those who find traditional fine dining intimidating or stuffy.

From Salon

With Armani's elegantly tailored power suits, women were offered an alternative to the stiff and stuffy dresses their mothers had worn to work.

From BBC

Regulation time was stuffy, extra-time was turgid, and the penalties were remarkably unremarkable.

From BBC

Kairat were stuffy, hard to break down, and offered little going forward, but they plotted their way through and held Celtic for 210 minutes before the lottery of the shootout.

From BBC

She was described by staff as "brilliant at working a room, fresh, chic and wasn't stuffy".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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