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Stuffy

Stout; mettlesome; resolute.

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Similar meaning 4

Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Obstructed 84% connected

of Obstruct

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Obstructed 84% connected

of Obstruct

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Closeness 74% connected

The state of being close.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Closeness 74% connected

The state of being close.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stuffiness 74% connected

The quality of being stuffy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stuffiness 74% connected

The quality of being stuffy.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Airless 92% connected

Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Close 92% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stodgy 92% connected

Wet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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