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- adjective Not
stuffy ;straightforward
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Examples
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Making chamber music more accessible and "unstuffy" is one of ClefWorks 'main goals, so the house concert was in perfect harmony with that mission.
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He wanted AirAsia to reflect his own unstuffy, open and cheerful personality.
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He may be a hereditary survivor, but he's also an unstuffy type, a jazz trumpeter and bona fide dentist.
Hugh Muir's diary 2011
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There's costumes and courtliness, but this 16th-century saga remains unstuffy.
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"It's backstage," quips Davies, who has proved a genial and unstuffy host throughout this week so far of Meltdown events.
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My candidate here would be Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007), not only because its protagonist is an overweight Dominican SF nerd, but because of the way it opens up into a variety of narrative voices and styles, providing a good illustration of the kind of very unstuffy and very liberating gonzo energy that you can find in some of the best contemporary fiction.
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For music lovers in search of a decidedly unstuffy venue, these weekend concerts take place in a barn on a dairy farm.
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He wanted AirAsia to reflect his own unstuffy, open and cheerful personality.
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In bringing contemporary glamour and ease to the Apthorp's Gilded Age beauty, Mr. Sills is working the same magic he used to update such properties as the Connaught hotel in London and the St. Regis hotels in New York and Washington, which now dazzle with radiant hues and an unstuffy elegance.
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"It's backstage," quips Davies, who has proved a genial and unstuffy host throughout this week so far of Meltdown events.
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