Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Surliness; churlishness; boorishness.
- n. Chubbiness; plumpness.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality of being chuffy.
Examples
“Rejoiced was I that my sisters should have this glimpse of her, and off we drove to her; but I must own that we were disappointed in this visit, for there was a sort of _chuffiness_, and a sawdust kind of unconnected cutshortness in her manner, which we could not like.”
“China's recent freak-out over a long-planned U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, its obstreperousness at the United Nations Copenhagen climate summit and its chuffiness on sanctions against Iran have underscored the non-democracy's new swagger as the healthiest post-crash economy.”
“In the end, the protocol and precedence matters were sorted out, but not before strong protests were made, apologies given, and chuffiness assuaged.”
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Lisa's Words
Things that I want to learn to widen my vocabulary.
thewless, mooncalf, pithy, nebbish, chuffiness, noddy, blooter, mordant, quidnunc
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