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Webster 1913 Edition


Stiffly

Stiff′ly

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adv.
In a stiff manner.

Webster 1828 Edition


Stiffly

STIFFLY

,
adv.
1.
Firmly; strongly; as the boughs of a tree stiffly upheld.
2.
Rigidly; obstinately; with stubbornness. The doctrine of the infallibility of the church of Rome is stiffly maintained by its adherents.

Definition 2024


stiffly

stiffly

English

Adverb

stiffly (comparative more stiffly, superlative most stiffly)

  1. In a stiff manner.
    • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
      'Twas Mr. Glennie who first moved to seek me; for when the second day came that I was not at school, he thought that I was ill, and went to my aunt's to ask how I did, as was his wont when any ailed. But Aunt Jane answered him stiffly that she could not say how I did.

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