"He sounds pretty stuffy," said Esme.

"I was with him," reported Edward Skyler, the mayor's press secretary, "and it was pretty stuffy."

I said, "Cripes, Doe, I've bothered you too much already and you are pretty stuffy about taking money."

It does sound pretty stuffy, doesn't it.

After all, unless your guests bring a change of clothes, it's going to seem pretty stuffy if your beach-themed wedding is downstairs in the windowless church reception hall.

Must have been pretty stuffy, just the same; you were short on green leaf surface.