stodgy

The first half against the Republic was excellent and brought two goals before a stodgy second half.

Then came the rolling of the eyes and a shaking of the head, making clear to the world that he was less than impressed with the stodgy decorum of the House of Representatives.

Indeed, Amsterdam’s transformative new music and early music scenes developed in part as a rebellion to the stodgy Concertgebouw and all it stood for.

Perhaps I’m too old, too stodgy, or even too hairy to completely forsake the shirt.

“I think people feel gratified knowing that we can change. The reputation of the past was, you know, it was a little stodgy,” Yang said.