starchy
adjective
[ ˈstɑːtʃi ]
• (of food or diet) containing a lot of starch.
• "sugary and starchy foods"
• (of clothing) stiff with starch.
• "my apron was too clean and my cap too starchy"
• very stiff, formal, or prim in manner or character.
• "the manager is usually a bit starchy"
Similar:
staid,
sedate,
sober,
stiff,
reserved,
impersonal,
formal,
pompous,
prim,
priggish,
fogeyish,
strait-laced,
conformist,
conventional,
conservative,
old-fashioned,
of the old school,
stodgy,
stuffy,
boring,
dull,
dreary,
uninteresting,
square,
straight,
fuddy-duddy,
stick-in-the-mud,
uptight,
