1. heavy and filling (of food); difficult to digest
2. dull, boring, or old-fashioned in style or attitude

Examples

• The stodgy pudding sat heavily in my stomach.
• I couldn’t finish the stodgy bread because it was too dense.
• His stodgy teaching style put half the class to sleep.
• The company’s stodgy policies haven’t changed in decades.
• She found the formal dinner party rather stodgy and boring.
• The restaurant served stodgy traditional fare with no modern touches.
• His stodgy attitude toward technology made him seem out of touch.