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    STODGINESS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Dull and pompous gravityplay

    Synonyms:

    stodginess; stuffiness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("stodginess" is a kind of...):

    graveness; gravity; soberness; sobriety; somberness; sombreness (a manner that is serious and solemn)

    Derivation:

    stodgy (excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull)

    stodgy ((used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned)

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