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stiffly - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stiffly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stiffly [ adv.]
- In a stiff manner.

Meaning of 'stiffly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stiffly [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in a rigid manner
Example in sentence:
  • he sat bolt upright;
  • the body was rigidly erect
Meaning (2):
- in a stiff manner
Example in sentence:
  • his hands lay stiffly