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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Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
The Pacers took advantage of stodgy Knicks offense to get back into the game.
—Shakeia Taylor, New York Times, 21 May 2025
For every stodgy conservator who might consider the guitar a tawdry, lowbrow diversion, there’s a cultural critic who dismisses it as an object of boomer nostalgia, about as musically relevant in this post-rockist era as the harpsichord.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The Savannah Bananas took on the Firefighters (another team that has dance numbers in their playbook) in a game that was closer to a slapstick vaudeville act than a stodgy MLB game.
—Emily Curiel, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2025
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“Stodgy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stodgy. Accessed 10 Jun. 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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