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—stiflingly, adv./stuy"fling/, adj.suffocating; oppressively close: the stifling atmosphere of the cavern.[1550-60; STIFLE1 + -ING2]
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Stifling — Stifle Sti fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stifling}.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to dam up.] 1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
