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