stodgier; stodgiest
1
: having a rich filling quality : heavy
stodgy bread
2
: moving in a slow plodding way especially as a result of physical bulkiness
4
: extremely old-fashioned : hidebound
received a pompously Victorian letter from his stodgy father—
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Examples of stodgy in a Sentence
the sitcom was offbeat and interesting in its first season, but has since become predictable and stodgy
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Before long, stodgy Zurich removed the welcome mat.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Huawei’s innovation has made Apple’s latest models appear stodgy by comparison.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The city is famous as the home of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce—a dark, sweet yet sour, almost indescribably English condiment, first sold by a pair of chemists in 1837—which has been doused on two centuries’ worth of shepherd’s pie and other stodgy lunches.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Mental anguish frequently spliced with the physical pain of near-constant hunger, with captives forced to self-ration a combination of small Red Cross parcels — containing canned food, powdered milk and other items — and camp meals, formed mostly of stodgy bread and thin broth.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
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Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Huawei’s innovation has made Apple’s latest models appear stodgy by comparison.
—Tripp Mickle, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The city is famous as the home of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce—a dark, sweet yet sour, almost indescribably English condiment, first sold by a pair of chemists in 1837—which has been doused on two centuries’ worth of shepherd’s pie and other stodgy lunches.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Mental anguish frequently spliced with the physical pain of near-constant hunger, with captives forced to self-ration a combination of small Red Cross parcels — containing canned food, powdered milk and other items — and camp meals, formed mostly of stodgy bread and thin broth.
—Jack Bantock, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
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stodgy
adjective
stodgier; stodgiest
1
: moving in a slow struggling way especially as a result of physical bulkiness
3
: very old-fashioned in attitude or point of view
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