stuffily
adverb uk/ˈstʌf.əl.i/ us/ˈstʌf.əl.i/
古板地，保守地，一本正经地
in a way that is old-fashioned, formal, and boring
It was a stuffily old-fashioned church. 那是一座古板乏味的教堂。
"I beg your pardon, " she said somewhat stuffily. “你再说一遍？！”她一本正经地说。
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- The hotel manager stuffily informed us that children were not allowed in the dining room.
- He replied rather stuffily that he did not concern himself with "ephemera".
- These firms typically have stuffily prosaic names like "Blue Ridge" or "Highridge".
See: stuffy