Stodginess
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The character of being stodgy; heaviness; dullness; crudeness.
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noun.
The state or quality of being
stodgy
.
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noun.
dull and pompous gravity
Word Usage
"What I would have called their "stodginess" or "ordinariness" he called "Homeliness" - a key word in his imagination."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
graveness
gravity
soberness
sobriety
somberness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Toryism
adventurism
antinous
come-hither
cosiness