stodgy

IPA: stˈɑdʒi

adjective

  • (of food) Having a thick, semi-solid consistency; glutinous; heavy on the stomach.
  • (figurative) Dull, old-fashioned.
  • (dated) Badly put together.
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Examples of "stodgy" in Sentences

  • "You can find great opportunities in stodgy old-fashioned blue-chip stocks."
  • It is a known quantity, even if it was known as a stodgy company for a while.
  • But now, fully entrenched in stodgy-hearted adulthood, I'm more inclined toward The Power of More-Than-One, especially when the goal is to make a significant difference.
  • At all times reverent to more than twenty years of Mario platforming, NSMB Wii never feels tired, repetitive or stodgy, which is something of an achievement unto itself.
  • It is by no accident that the British -- whom foreigners delight to call stodgy and slow-witted, -- have produced more high-class poetry than any other nation in the history of the world.
  • He could eat, really eat, if it was part of a game, but he could not stodge just to feel stodgy, which is what most children like better than anything else; the next best thing being to talk about it.
  • I know I was one, but I suspect that I have grown into the kind of stodgy adult who is going to have a real problem with crackly voices, "fur, where there was no fur before" and any kind of freak-outs that involve violation, destruction of premises or partial nudity.

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