stuffily in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for stuffily in the English»French Dictionary

stuffily [Brit ˈstʌfɪli, Am ˈstəfəli] ADV pej

stuffily say, speak

d'un ton pincé

stuffily behave, refuse

d'un air pincé

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There were those who thought (correctly) that you couldn't find seven and there were those who felt (stuffily) that the seven were not arts.

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And, far from being alienated from his stuffily bourgeois family, the artist gave every sign of being more attached to them than he was to his partner and child.

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Its stuffily black-tie, formal styling makes it stand out, in the wrong way, in a neighbourhood that invites informality, small moves and streetwise architectural savvy.

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Fans should not be fearful of infiltrating the secret handshake club where they are stuffily informed they do not belong.

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