stuffily
adverb
uk/ˈstʌf.əl.i/us/ˈstʌf.əl.i/in a way that isold-fashioned,formal, andboring:
古板地，保守地，一本正经地It was a stuffilyold-fashionedchurch.那是一座古板乏味的教堂。
"Ibegyourpardon, " she saidsomewhatstuffily.“你再说一遍？！”她一本正经地说。
- Thehotelmanagerstuffilyinformedus thatchildrenwere notallowedin thediningroom.
- Herepliedratherstuffily that he did notconcernhimself with "ephemera".
- Thesefirmstypicallyhave stuffilyprosaicnameslike "Blue Ridge" or "Highridge".
Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- banal
- basic
- be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
- bland
- lifelessness
- marginal
- marmoreal
- meh
- menial
- slow
- soul-destroying
- soulless
- spinach
- staid
- stale
- stuffy
- tame
- turgid
- worthy
See
stuffy