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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the sitcom was offbeat and interesting in its first season, but has since become predictable and stodgy
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Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Wikipedia’s stodgy nonprofit model suddenly looks a lot more appealing.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
Their naïveté mixed with Schrader’s stodgy solemnity is a buzzkill.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
In that sense, the current Egyptian regime bears more resemblance to the stodgy authoritarianism of southern Europe and Latin America in the mid–twentieth century than to the ebullient nationalism of the Nasser era.
—Nathan J. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2016
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“Stodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stodgy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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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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