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Meanings of stuffiness in English

Spanish
pesadez

Dull and pompous gravity.

pesadez

The quality of being close and poorly ventilated.

Usage of stuffiness in English
1
But the darkness and the stuffiness and the filtering dirt were unsensed.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
2
Five minutes later he emerged into the humid stuffiness of the submarine.
On the Beach
3
There was the stuffiness of yesterday's day indoors to be shaken off.
Pushed and the Return Push
4
The atmosphere of the room was of a horrible and depressing stuffiness.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
5
And I don't think one needs to associate wine with fussiness and stuffiness.
Reuters
6
It's the perfume that prevents us from noticing the stuffiness of the room.
The Woman with the Fan
7
Our place is like the Black Hole of Calcutta for stuffiness.
Herb of Grace
8
And so much more fun than the stuffiness of many another concert hall.
The Irish Times
9
Wafts of the outer air began to freshen the stuffiness of the little room.
The Path of the King
10
Just imagine the darkness and the stuffiness of these rooms.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 15...
11
There's a level of pretention and stuffiness that tends to surround the art world.
Radio NZ
12
It struck coolish down there, and that helped take off the stuffiness a bit.
Twelve Stories and a Dream
13
The stuffiness was so oppressive, I felt as if I was starting to smother.
Alpine for You
14
It tasted clean after the stuffiness of Inspector Dart's office.
Report for Murder
15
The smell of newness overpowered the stuffiness of the room.
Say you're one of them
16
It was cool and pleasant in the garden after the hot stuffiness of the house.
On the Beach
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