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stivy, a.|ˈstaɪvɪ| [f. stive v.3 + -y.] Stuffy.
1849Alb. Smith Pottleton Legacy xxvi. 280 Kind spinsters are always found..to shut themselves up in stivy rooms on hot Sunday summer afternoons. 1899M. Hewlett in Blackw. Mag. Feb. 339/1 The sun of her smile was like a clean breath in the stivy den. |