Adjective, : a stodgy Victorian novel. ,a stodgy old gentleman. ,a stodgy business suit. From Dictionary.com.
There's a kind of stodginess that's associated with that - like accountant offices or lawyers - that we didn't necessarily want to be a part of. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
A trace of puzzlement keeps him from stodginess. '. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
Indeed, it will hold up its stodginess as a virtue. From Wordnik.com. [Canada: Land of the Free] Reference
Their natural timidity and stodginess work in our favor. From Wordnik.com. [The Rebel Worlds]
But if stodginess can be avoided, size has its advantages. From Wordnik.com. [Remaking A Dinosaur] Reference
Integrity may morph into stubbornness, steadfastness into stodginess. From Wordnik.com. [How To See The Glass Half Full] Reference
It's become a symbol of Sony's stodginess or Sony's lack of innovation. From Wordnik.com. [A KNIGHT FOR SONY] Reference
No such stodginess for WPS, where officials say they encourage repeat tweeting. From Wordnik.com. [Tackle, Trap and Twitter] Reference
As a counterpoint to McCain's age and stodginess, she's young, energetic, and easy on the eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Kris DiGiovanni: Afraid of Failin', McCain Picks Sarah "Barracuda" Palin as VP] Reference
It all smacks of stodginess, or maybe professional jealousy, or just smack-in-the-head stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [Phew!] Reference
And I think that might account for what you sense as stodginess sometimes in a private institution. From Wordnik.com. [Follow the Leader: Opinion Polls and the Modern Presidents] Reference
Many reading teachers preferred the predictable stodginess of "See Spot Run," and refused to switch. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat (and Hat) That Came to Stay] Reference
For Americans more accustomed to seeing their legal cases unfold in the cold stodginess of a court it's an unusual sight. From Wordnik.com. [Nikolas Kozloff: HuffPost Review: Crude] Reference
Instapundit thinks I'm young and cute! but it did get me thinking that conservatism is just so often associated with stodginess. From Wordnik.com. [Blogosphere groupies] Reference
"I can't afford to be beaten this way again," concedes Stringer, if only because the iPod defeat has become a symbol of "Sony's stodginess.". From Wordnik.com. [Sony Is Not Japan] Reference
This means that, despite all outward appearances of stodginess and restraint, the Virgo woman secretly aches to spread her wings and soar to the sun. From Wordnik.com. [HerScopes] Reference
Décor Black-and-white marble floors, oversize leather chairs and sparkling chandeliers convey old-school opulence without the slightest touch of stodginess. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Spot: Mansion On Peachtree, Atlanta] Reference
There is a certain stickiness and stodginess to social change. From Wordnik.com. [Trade Observatory] Reference
But there's a serious risk that results from this culture of stodginess. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
Even getting Steve Albini on board to produce doesn't leaven the stodginess of this cod-rock mess. From Wordnik.com. [Pajiba] Reference
Its aim: to replace corporate stodginess and become a hipper, full-fledged server-based application platform. From Wordnik.com. [ServerWatch] Reference
If she gave the whole village work, was it too far gone in its unspurred stodginess to be roused to carrying it out?. From Wordnik.com. [The Shuttle] Reference
She could see in profile the heavy jaw clamp upward, and more and more that wooden stodginess became terrible to her. From Wordnik.com. [Star-Dust] Reference
Yang said one lesson was that small companies could be nimbler and take advantage of the stodginess of big traditional players. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes.com: News] Reference
Don't be surprised if we soon see the Olympics take an X Games turn, playing up the snowboarding and playing down the stodginess. From Wordnik.com. [azcentral.com | news] Reference
What is popularly regarded as respectability is oft-times in reality -- if the truth were known -- merely stodginess and stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of Artemas Quibble] Reference
But let’s not ignore the effects of boringness and stodginess!. From Wordnik.com. [The shrug problem « BuzzMachine] Reference
The first-person POV does not help alleviate Nevarre’s dull stodginess. From Wordnik.com. [between the rock and the cold, cold sea -- Day] Reference
"There's a stodginess about afternoon calling that affects even the nicest people. From Wordnik.com. [The Rocks of Valpre] Reference
There’s an air of stodginess that clings to historical fiction as much as it does to our small museums. From Wordnik.com. [Historical fiction ftw!] Reference
No, what’s troubling about The Coming Insurrection is the conservatism and stodginess it betrays in this audacious approach. From Wordnik.com. [Reviewing Like It’s 2007] Reference
Of course, stodginess also risks irrelevance. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of Self-Consciousness:] Reference
Weary of the stodginess of STUBBS. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 7, 1917] Reference
Review had sunk into stodginess and imbecility. From Wordnik.com. [Prejudices : first series,] Reference
PD: I think there's elements of stodginess, yeah. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Volvo sheds stodginess with XC60 crossover. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to California governor, lawmakers push for water deal] Reference
Midfield stodginess agogo. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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