0 the quality of being heavy and making you feel full very quickly: --
1 the quality of being boring, formal, or old-fashioned: --
the stodginess of some academic writing
The stodginess and overwrought decor from liners of the past was jettisoned to create a comfortable and friendly ship.
Through bad conditions, not enough pay, and inadequate opportunities for promotion to get to the higher level; and through the stodginess of management and lethargy in the managerial set-up.
He is pleading for stodginess; he is pleading for waste and staying in a rut.
The media sometimes lampoon her stodginess and occasional severity.
The stodginess of such a career was symbolised by the stodginess of their dress.
Wednesday's hearing had little of the stodginess that afflicts many legislative hearings.
They strove to avoid the stodginess often associated with academia.
Bread pudding seems to divide people. Either you think it's dry, bland and uninspiring, or you love its homey, comforting stodginess.
